linux-kernel - [PATCH] qed: use kzalloc instead of kmalloc and memset

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Date:   Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:03:20 +0000
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Ariel Elior <Ariel.Elior@...ium.com>, everest-linux-l2@...ium.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] qed: use kzalloc instead of kmalloc and memset

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Replace kmalloc followed by a memset with kzalloc

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
index 6e15d3c10ebf..fe7c1f230028 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
@@ -1277,11 +1277,10 @@ static struct qed_dcbx_get *qed_dcbnl_get_dcbx(struct qed_hwfn *hwfn,
 {
 	struct qed_dcbx_get *dcbx_info;
 
-	dcbx_info = kmalloc(sizeof(*dcbx_info), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	dcbx_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*dcbx_info), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!dcbx_info)
 		return NULL;
 
-	memset(dcbx_info, 0, sizeof(*dcbx_info));
 	if (qed_dcbx_query_params(hwfn, dcbx_info, type)) {
 		kfree(dcbx_info);
 		return NULL;
-- 
2.14.1