linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] OSS: replace kmalloc()+memset() combos with kzalloc()

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Message-ID: <20061218200812.GF3548@rhun.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:08:12 +0200
From:	Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
Cc:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] OSS: replace kmalloc()+memset() combos with kzalloc()

On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 02:53:05PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   Replace kmalloc() + memset() pairs with the appropriate kzalloc()
> calls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...dspring.com>
> 
> ---
> 
>   i could have sworn i submitted this patch a while back but it
> doesn't seem to have been applied.  it's possible it's still in the
> queue somewhere but it seems unlikely at this point.

The OSS subsystem doesn't have an overall maintainer, for patches like
this you should probably CC akpm (CC'd). Also, ack on the trident
bits.

Cheers,
Muli
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