linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] usb: phy: using kzalloc instead of kmalloc

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Message-ID: <50D34A5D.8060404@wwwdotorg.org>
Date:	Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:26:53 -0700
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...sta.com>
CC:	Venu Byravarasu <vbyravarasu@...dia.com>, balbi@...com,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] usb: phy: using kzalloc instead of kmalloc

On 12/20/2012 05:44 AM, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> On 20-12-2012 12:25, Venu Byravarasu wrote:
> 
>> As Tegra PHY driver open is using kmalloc,
>> changing it to kzalloc.

Indeed, better might be:

usb: phy: use kzalloc to allocate struct tegra_usb_phy

Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc to allocate struct tegra_usb_phy. This
ensures that all function pointers in member u_phy are initialized to
NULL, and hence bogus functions won't be called.
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