linux-kernel - [PATCH 09/30] hpsa: use kzalloc not kmalloc plus memset

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Date:	Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:42:09 -0600
From:	"Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
To:	James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	mikem@...rdog.cce.hp.com, brace@...rdog.cce.hp.com,
	matthew.gates@...com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 09/30] hpsa: use kzalloc not kmalloc plus memset

From: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>

hpsa: use kzalloc not kmalloc plus memset

Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
---
 drivers/scsi/hpsa.c |    5 ++---
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
index add2ed5..bd081fe 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
@@ -1405,13 +1405,12 @@ static int hpsa_update_device_info(struct ctlr_info *h,
 	unsigned char scsi3addr[], struct hpsa_scsi_dev_t *this_device)
 {
 #define OBDR_TAPE_INQ_SIZE 49
-	unsigned char *inq_buff = NULL;
+	unsigned char *inq_buff;
 
-	inq_buff = kmalloc(OBDR_TAPE_INQ_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	inq_buff = kzalloc(OBDR_TAPE_INQ_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!inq_buff)
 		goto bail_out;
 
-	memset(inq_buff, 0, OBDR_TAPE_INQ_SIZE);
 	/* Do an inquiry to the device to see what it is. */
 	if (hpsa_scsi_do_inquiry(h, scsi3addr, 0, inq_buff,
 		(unsigned char) OBDR_TAPE_INQ_SIZE) != 0) {

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