linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bonding: Replace kmalloc() + memset() pairs with the appropriate kzalloc() calls

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Date:	Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:35:52 +0200
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"joe jin" <joe.jin@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bonding: Replace kmalloc() + memset() pairs with the appropriate kzalloc() calls

Hi Joe,

On 1/12/07, joe jin <joe.jin@...cle.com> wrote:
> @@ -788,7 +786,7 @@ static int rlb_initialize(struct bonding
>
>         spin_lock_init(&(bond_info->rx_hashtbl_lock));
>
> -       new_hashtbl = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> +       new_hashtbl = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
>         if (!new_hashtbl) {
>                 printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME
>                        ": %s: Error: Failed to allocate RLB hash table\n",

You forgot to remove the memset here.
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