linux-kernel - [PATCH] mailbox: bcm-flexrm-mailbox: Fix dma_pool_zalloc instead of dma_pool

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Message-Id: <1508448108-21713-1-git-send-email-gomonovych@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 19 Oct 2017 23:21:48 +0200
From:   Vasyl Gomonovych <gomonovych@...il.com>
To:     jassisinghbrar@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        gomonovych@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH] mailbox: bcm-flexrm-mailbox: Fix dma_pool_zalloc instead of dma_pool_alloc/memset

drivers/mailbox/bcm-flexrm-mailbox.c:1261:17-18: WARNING: *_pool_zalloc should be used for ring -> cmpl_base, instead of *_pool_alloc/memset

Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/pool_zalloc-simple.cocci

Signed-off-by: Vasyl Gomonovych <gomonovych@...il.com>
---
 drivers/mailbox/bcm-flexrm-mailbox.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/bcm-flexrm-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/bcm-flexrm-mailbox.c
index ae6146311934..b78e0cd6525b 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/bcm-flexrm-mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/bcm-flexrm-mailbox.c
@@ -1258,14 +1258,13 @@ static int flexrm_startup(struct mbox_chan *chan)
 	}
 
 	/* Allocate completion memory */
-	ring->cmpl_base = dma_pool_alloc(ring->mbox->cmpl_pool,
+	ring->cmpl_base = dma_pool_zalloc(ring->mbox->cmpl_pool,
 					 GFP_KERNEL, &ring->cmpl_dma_base);
 	if (!ring->cmpl_base) {
 		dev_err(ring->mbox->dev, "can't allocate completion memory\n");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail_free_bd_memory;
 	}
-	memset(ring->cmpl_base, 0, RING_CMPL_SIZE);
 
 	/* Request IRQ */
 	if (ring->irq == UINT_MAX) {
-- 
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