linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/platform/UV: Replace kmalloc and memset with kzalloc and kcalloc

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Date:   Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:37:13 -0600
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/platform/UV: Replace kmalloc and memset with kzalloc and
 kcalloc

Replace kmalloc_node and memset with kzalloc_node, and
kmalloc_array and memset with kcalloc.

Also, remove unnecessary pointer to void vp.

This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
---
 arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c b/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
index a4130b84d1ff..ed7e3a21344b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
@@ -2010,8 +2010,7 @@ static void make_per_cpu_thp(struct bau_control *smaster)
 	int cpu;
 	size_t hpsz = sizeof(struct hub_and_pnode) * num_possible_cpus();
 
-	smaster->thp = kmalloc_node(hpsz, GFP_KERNEL, smaster->osnode);
-	memset(smaster->thp, 0, hpsz);
+	smaster->thp = kzalloc_node(hpsz, GFP_KERNEL, smaster->osnode);
 	for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
 		smaster->thp[cpu].pnode = uv_cpu_hub_info(cpu)->pnode;
 		smaster->thp[cpu].uvhub = uv_cpu_hub_info(cpu)->numa_blade_id;
@@ -2135,15 +2134,12 @@ static int __init summarize_uvhub_sockets(int nuvhubs,
 static int __init init_per_cpu(int nuvhubs, int base_part_pnode)
 {
 	unsigned char *uvhub_mask;
-	void *vp;
 	struct uvhub_desc *uvhub_descs;
 
 	if (is_uv3_hub() || is_uv2_hub() || is_uv1_hub())
 		timeout_us = calculate_destination_timeout();
 
-	vp = kmalloc_array(nuvhubs, sizeof(struct uvhub_desc), GFP_KERNEL);
-	uvhub_descs = (struct uvhub_desc *)vp;
-	memset(uvhub_descs, 0, nuvhubs * sizeof(struct uvhub_desc));
+	uvhub_descs = kcalloc(nuvhubs, sizeof(*uvhub_descs), GFP_KERNEL);
 	uvhub_mask = kzalloc((nuvhubs+7)/8, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (get_cpu_topology(base_part_pnode, uvhub_descs, uvhub_mask))
-- 
2.20.1