linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net/usb: Use kzalloc

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Date:	Wed, 3 Aug 2011 11:02:23 +0200
From:	Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>
To:	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/usb: Use kzalloc

Please add a Signed-off-by line as mentioned in
Documentation/SubmittingPatches.

Also you should Cc: the proper maintainer and list (in this case
netdev). You can use scripts/get_maintainers.pl to get this information

Cheers
Tobias

On 2011-08-02 at 18:09:28 +0200, Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de> wrote:
> --- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c 2011-07-26 00:46:08.126846923 +0200
> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c 2011-08-01 20:20:43.396390040 +0200
> @@ -479,12 +479,10 @@ static int cdc_ncm_bind(struct usbnet *d
>  	int temp;
>  	u8 iface_no;
>  
> -	ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (ctx == NULL)
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  
> -	memset(ctx, 0, sizeof(*ctx));
> -
>  	init_timer(&ctx->tx_timer);
>  	spin_lock_init(&ctx->mtx);
>  	ctx->netdev = dev->net;
> 
> 
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