linux-kernel - [PATCH] drivers: parport: Use kzalloc

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Date:	Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:15:00 +0300
From:	Alexandru Gheorghiu <gheorghiuandru@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Alexandru Gheorghiu <gheorghiuandru@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] drivers: parport: Use kzalloc

Replaced calls to kmalloc and memset with kzalloc.
Patch found using coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gheorghiu <gheorghiuandru@...il.com>
---
 drivers/parport/share.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/parport/share.c b/drivers/parport/share.c
index a848e02..6a83ee1 100644
--- a/drivers/parport/share.c
+++ b/drivers/parport/share.c
@@ -282,14 +282,13 @@ struct parport *parport_register_port(unsigned long base, int irq, int dma,
 	int device;
 	char *name;
 
-	tmp = kmalloc(sizeof(struct parport), GFP_KERNEL);
+	tmp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct parport), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!tmp) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "parport: memory squeeze\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* Init our structure */
- 	memset(tmp, 0, sizeof(struct parport));
 	tmp->base = base;
 	tmp->irq = irq;
 	tmp->dma = dma;
-- 
1.7.9.5

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