linux-kernel - [PATCH] ibmvscsi: avoid unnecessary use of kzalloc

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Date:	Mon,  3 Aug 2009 13:54:47 -0700
From:	Sage Weil <sage@...dream.net>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Sage Weil <sage@...dream.net>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ibmvscsi: avoid unnecessary use of kzalloc_pool

The allocated struct is manually zeroed after allocation, so avoid using
the (broken) kzalloc mempool (which does not re-zero previously used items
when they are returned to the pool).

CC: linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
CC: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Signed-off-by: Sage Weil <sage@...dream.net>
---
 drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
index 166d964..bb2c696 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
@@ -4217,7 +4217,7 @@ static int ibmvfc_alloc_mem(struct ibmvfc_host *vhost)
 	if (!vhost->trace)
 		goto free_disc_buffer;
 
-	vhost->tgt_pool = mempool_create_kzalloc_pool(IBMVFC_TGT_MEMPOOL_SZ,
+	vhost->tgt_pool = mempool_create_kmalloc_pool(IBMVFC_TGT_MEMPOOL_SZ,
 						      sizeof(struct ibmvfc_target));
 
 	if (!vhost->tgt_pool) {
-- 
1.5.6.5

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