linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] lib/scatterlist: Skip requesting zeroed allocations in sgl_alloc

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Date:   Wed, 03 Oct 2018 08:28:42 -0700
From:   Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:     Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@...ulin.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tvrtko.ursulin@...ux.intel.com,
        Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...el.com>,
        Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@....com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>,
        Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] lib/scatterlist: Skip requesting zeroed allocations
 in sgl_alloc_order

On Wed, 2018-09-26 at 15:16 +0100, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
> From: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...el.com>
> 
> sg_init_table will clear the allocated block so requesting zeroed memory
> from the allocator is redundant.

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>