linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] driver/scsi/fnic/fnic_trace: Use vzalloc to zero instead of vmalloc+memset

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Date:   Wed, 01 Aug 2018 08:47:24 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
Cc:     John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>,
        "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        aacraid@...rosemi.com, linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] driver/scsi/fnic/fnic_trace: Use vzalloc to zero
 instead of vmalloc+memset

On Wed, 2018-08-01 at 18:30 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 4:26 PM, zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com> wrote:
> > The vzalloc is better than vmalloc+memset, so replace them to make
> > the code concise.
> > -       fnic_trace_buf_p = (unsigned long)vmalloc((trace_max_pages * PAGE_SIZE));
> > +       fnic_trace_buf_p = (unsigned long)vzalloc((trace_max_pages * PAGE_SIZE));
> 
> At the same time you may get rid of unnecessary parens.

And at the same time, perhaps use kvcalloc and kvfree
instead of always using vmalloc as the allocation size
can be less than the allowable for a single kmalloc.