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Message-ID: <20130827123433.00002cb7@unknown>
Date:	Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:34:33 -0700
From:	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	<linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, <b43-dev@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<users@...x00.serialmonkey.com>, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers:net: Convert
 dma_alloc_coherent(...__GFP_ZERO) to dma_zalloc_coherent

On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:45:23 -0700
Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:

> __GFP_ZERO is an uncommon flag and perhaps is better
> not used.  static inline dma_zalloc_coherent exists
> so convert the uses of dma_alloc_coherent with __GFP_ZERO
> to the more common kernel style with zalloc.
> 
> Remove memset from the static inline dma_zalloc_coherent
> and add just one use of __GFP_ZERO instead.
> 
> Trivially reduces the size of the existing uses of
> dma_zalloc_coherent.
> 
> Realign arguments as appropriate.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>

e1000 and ixgb bits:

Acked-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
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