linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/8] dm: dm-target.c Convert kmalloc + memset to kzalloc

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Message-ID: <20070724101036.GI16507@dnb.sw.ru>
Date:	Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:10:36 +0400
From:	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...ru>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	device-mapper development <dm-devel@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] dm: dm-target.c Convert  kmalloc + memset  to
	kzalloc

On 05:11 Втр 24 Июл     , Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
> >Sent: Jul 24, 2007 4:59 AM
> >To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> >Cc: device-mapper development <dm-devel@...hat.com>
> >Subject: [PATCH 8/8] dm: dm-target.c Convert  kmalloc + memset  to kzalloc
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
> >---
> > drivers/md/dm-target.c |    6 ++----
> > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-target.c
> >index 477a041..835cf95 100644
> >--- a/drivers/md/dm-target.c
> >+++ b/drivers/md/dm-target.c
> >@@ -88,12 +88,10 @@ void dm_put_target_type(struct target_type *t)
> > 
> > static struct tt_internal *alloc_target(struct target_type *t)
> > {
> >-	struct tt_internal *ti = kmalloc(sizeof(*ti), GFP_KERNEL);
> >+	struct tt_internal *ti = kzalloc(sizeof(*ti), GFP_KERNEL);
> > 
> >-	if (ti) {
> >-		memset(ti, 0, sizeof(*ti));
> >+	if (ti)
> > 		ti->tt = *t;
> >-	}
> > 
> > 	return ti;
> > }
> >-- 
> >1.5.2.2
> >
> >
> 
> would it not have made more sense to have submitted all those related,
> single-change patches as one patch?
Yes i think so (i've already wrote bout this in fist msg), but
dm maintainers may have different oppinion.
BTW: It is allways easier fold many patches to one, than split one 
patch to many.
> 
> rday
> 
> 
> 
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