linux-kernel - [PATCH] mtd: tests: consolidate kmalloc/memset 0 call to kzalloc

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Date:	Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:21:22 +0100
From:	Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
Subject: [PATCH] mtd: tests: consolidate kmalloc/memset 0 call to kzalloc

This is an API consolidation only. The use of kmalloc + memset to 0
is equivalent to kzalloc.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
---

Found by coccinelle script (relaxed version of
scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci)

Patch was compile tested with: nhk8815_defconfig
(implies CONFIG_MTD_TESTS=m)

Patch is against linux-next (localversion-next is -next-20151231)

 drivers/mtd/tests/pagetest.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/tests/pagetest.c b/drivers/mtd/tests/pagetest.c
index ba1890d..ff1e056 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/tests/pagetest.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/tests/pagetest.c
@@ -127,13 +127,12 @@ static int crosstest(void)
 	unsigned char *pp1, *pp2, *pp3, *pp4;
 
 	pr_info("crosstest\n");
-	pp1 = kmalloc(pgsize * 4, GFP_KERNEL);
+	pp1 = kzalloc(pgsize * 4, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pp1)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	pp2 = pp1 + pgsize;
 	pp3 = pp2 + pgsize;
 	pp4 = pp3 + pgsize;
-	memset(pp1, 0, pgsize * 4);
 
 	addr0 = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < ebcnt && bbt[i]; ++i)
-- 
2.1.4

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