linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: Use kzalloc rather than kmalloc

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Message-ID: <20111108193537.GB4682@mwanda>
Date:	Tue, 8 Nov 2011 22:35:37 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	wlanfae <wlanfae@...ltek.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: Use kzalloc rather than kmalloc

On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 08:05:53PM +0100, Thomas Meyer wrote:
> From: Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
> 
>  Use kzalloc rather than kmalloc followed by memset with 0
> 
>  This considers some simple cases that are common and easy to validate
>  Note in particular that there are no ...s in the rule, so all of the
>  matched code has to be contiguous
> 
>  The semantic patch that makes this change is available
>  in scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci.
> 
>  More information about semantic patching is available at
>  http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>

All the patches with the subject "[PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: Use
kzalloc rather than kmalloc" should be combined into a single patch.

Don't do the funny thing where the changelog is indented one space.

regards,
dan carpenter


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