linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/14] arch/frv: Eliminate NULL test and memset after alloc

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Date:	Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:21:16 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, akinobu.mita@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/14] arch/frv: Eliminate NULL test and memset after alloc_bootmem

Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk> wrote:

> As noted by Akinobu Mita in patch b1fceac2b9e04d278316b2faddf276015fc06e3b,
> alloc_bootmem and related functions never return NULL and always return a
> zeroed region of memory.  Thus a NULL test or memset after calls to these
> functions is unnecessary.

Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
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