linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 39] net/ipv4/ip_options.c: kmalloc + memset conversion to kzalloc

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Message-Id: <20070731.140728.118970012.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:07:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	m.kozlowski@...land.pl
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 39] net/ipv4/ip_options.c: kmalloc + memset conversion
 to kzalloc

From: Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@...land.pl>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:16:59 +0200

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

Applied, but note that this patch changes behavior, previously
only the ip_options structure base was cleared out, but now
the whole memory region is cleared.

I think it's OK for this case, but I'm just making note of it.
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