linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Coccinelle: Script to replace allocate and memset with zalloc functions

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Message-ID: <5799EB1B.3030203@suse.com>
Date:	Thu, 28 Jul 2016 13:23:07 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>
To:	Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>, Julia.Lawall@...6.fr,
	Gilles.Muller@...6.fr, nicolas.palix@...g.fr,
	cocci@...teme.lip6.fr, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Coccinelle: Script to replace allocate and memset with
 zalloc functions

On 2016-07-28 10:29, Amitoj Kaur Chawla wrote:
> This script finds instances of allocate and memset which can be
> replaced with a direct call to zalloc equivalent of a function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
>         -Modified commit message and subject

There is still memcpy in the comment here:


> +/// Prefer zalloc functions instead of using allocate and memcpy.

:)

Michal