linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ixgb: replace dma_alloc_coherent + memset with dma_zalloc

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Message-ID: <9f9cff98f1f7f0b9c9250a3a14f1ba0ea7268ed8.camel@intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 24 Aug 2018 11:21:53 -0700
From:   Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ixgb: replace dma_alloc_coherent + memset with
 dma_zalloc_coherent

On Fri, 2018-08-24 at 17:52 +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Use dma_zalloc_coherent rather than dam_alloc_coherent and memset.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Thanks Colin, I already have this change queued up from another community
member and I am just about to send a pull request to Dave for this change,
as well as several other fixes.

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