linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c fix a sparse warning

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Date:	Fri, 4 Apr 2014 00:32:29 +0800
From:	Jimmy Li <coder.liss@...il.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Teodora Baluta <teobaluta@...il.com>,
	Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	Michael Gunselmann <michael.gunselmann@...dium.uni-erlangen.de>,
	Lisa Nguyen <lisa@...apiadmin.com>,
	Martin Hofmann <martin.hofmann@...dium.uni-erlangen.de>,
	Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com>,
	=?utf-8?B?VMO8bGluIMSwemVy?= 
	<tulinizer@...il.com>, Archana kumari <archanakumari959@...il.com>
Cc:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c fix a sparse warning

Signed-off-by: Jimmy Li <coder.liss@...il.com>
---
v2: additional cleanups as well.
 drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c |    9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c b/drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c
index ac3fc16..394031b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c
@@ -1835,19 +1835,14 @@ int iwctl_siwencodeext(struct net_device *dev,
 	size_t seq_len = 0, key_len = 0;
 //
 	// int ii;
-	u8 *buf;
-	size_t blen;
 	u8 key_array[64];
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	PRINT_K("SIOCSIWENCODEEXT...... \n");
 
-	blen = sizeof(*param);
-	buf = kmalloc((int)blen, (int)GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (buf == NULL)
+	param = kzalloc(sizeof(struct viawget_wpa_param), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (param == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memset(buf, 0, blen);
-	param = (struct viawget_wpa_param *)buf;
 
 //recover alg_name
 	switch (ext->alg) {
-- 
1.7.9.5

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