linux-kernel - [PATCH] lib: Convert kmalloc()+memset() to kzalloc()

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612031132220.4502@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sun, 3 Dec 2006 11:35:49 -0500 (EST)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] lib: Convert kmalloc()+memset() to kzalloc()

  Convert the single obvious instance in lib/ of kmalloc() + memset()
to kzalloc().

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...dspring.com>

---

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 744a4b1..7ce6dc1 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -111,10 +111,9 @@ char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject *k
 	len = get_kobj_path_length(kobj);
 	if (len == 0)
 		return NULL;
-	path = kmalloc(len, gfp_mask);
+	path = kzalloc(len, gfp_mask);
 	if (!path)
 		return NULL;
-	memset(path, 0x00, len);
 	fill_kobj_path(kobj, path, len);

 	return path;
-
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