linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched/core: Clear the root_domain cpumasks in init

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Date:	Wed, 2 Dec 2015 13:34:14 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Xunlei Pang <xlpang@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched/core: Clear the root_domain cpumasks in
 init_rootdomain()

On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 07:52:59PM +0800, Xunlei Pang wrote:
> The patch cleans the garbage by using zalloc_cpumask_var()
> instead of alloc_cpumask_var() for root_domain::rto_mask
> allocation, thereby addressing the issues.

How did you notice this? Also do we want to do the same for the kmalloc
in alloc_rootdomain() ?
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