linux-kernel - Re: [TRIVIAL PATCH next 13/15] fs: Convert vmalloc/memset to vzalloc

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Message-ID: <1306866039.2865.26.camel@doink>
Date:	Tue, 31 May 2011 13:20:39 -0500
From:	Alex Elder <aelder@....com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	Jan Harkes <jaharkes@...cmu.edu>, <coda@...cmu.edu>,
	Jiri Kosina <trivial@...nel.org>, <xfs-masters@....sgi.com>,
	<codalist@...a.cs.cmu.edu>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org>, <xfs@....sgi.com>
Subject: Re: [TRIVIAL PATCH next 13/15] fs: Convert vmalloc/memset to
 vzalloc

On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 10:36 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> ---
>  fs/coda/coda_linux.h    |    5 ++---
>  fs/reiserfs/journal.c   |    9 +++------
>  fs/reiserfs/resize.c    |    4 +---
>  fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h |    7 +------
>  4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 

Acked-by: Alex Elder <aelder@....com>

. . .

> diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h
> index f7c8f7a..292eff1 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h
> +++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h
> @@ -61,12 +61,7 @@ extern void  kmem_free(const void *);
>  
>  static inline void *kmem_zalloc_large(size_t size)
>  {
> -	void *ptr;
> -
> -	ptr = vmalloc(size);
> -	if (ptr)
> -		memset(ptr, 0, size);
> -	return ptr;
> +	return vzalloc(size);
>  }
>  static inline void kmem_free_large(void *ptr)
>  {



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