linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 UPDATE 09/17] drivers: Initialize resource entry to zero

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Message-ID: <4132474.rE6EsOfV8R@vostro.rjw.lan>
Date:	Wed, 06 Jan 2016 03:07:03 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, bp@...en8.de,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Matt Porter <mporter@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Alexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@....com>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 UPDATE 09/17] drivers: Initialize resource entry to zero

On Tuesday, January 05, 2016 02:15:37 PM Toshi Kani wrote:
> I/O resource descriptor, 'desc' in struct resource, needs to be
> initialized to zero by default.  Some drivers call kmalloc() to
> allocate a resource entry, but does not initialize it to zero by
> memset().  Change these drivers to call kzalloc(), instead.
> 
> Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@...nel.crashing.org>
> Cc: Alexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@....com>
> Cc: linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
> Acked-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas@...ge.net.au> # sh
> Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@....de> # parisc
> Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>

Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>

for the ACPI part.

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