linux-kernel - PATCH 32] drivers/mtd/inftlmount.c: kmalloc + memset conversion to kcalloc

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Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:03:14 +0200
From:	Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@...land.pl>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, dwmw2@...radead.org,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: PATCH 32] drivers/mtd/inftlmount.c: kmalloc + memset conversion to kcalloc

Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@...land.pl>

 drivers/mtd/inftlmount.c | 23841 -> 23803 (-38 bytes)
 drivers/mtd/inftlmount.o | 47196 -> 46956 (-240 bytes)

 drivers/mtd/inftlmount.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.23-rc1-mm1-a/drivers/mtd/inftlmount.c	2007-07-26 13:07:41.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc1-mm1-b/drivers/mtd/inftlmount.c	2007-07-31 11:40:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -580,14 +580,13 @@ int INFTL_mount(struct INFTLrecord *s)
 	logical_block = block = BLOCK_NIL;

 	/* Temporary buffer to store ANAC numbers. */
-	ANACtable = kmalloc(s->nb_blocks * sizeof(u8), GFP_KERNEL);
+	ANACtable = kcalloc(s->nb_blocks, sizeof(u8), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ANACtable) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "INFTL: allocation of ANACtable "
 				"failed (%zd bytes)\n",
 				s->nb_blocks * sizeof(u8));
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	memset(ANACtable, 0, s->nb_blocks);

 	/*
 	 * First pass is to explore each physical unit, and construct the
-
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