linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 28/87] infiniband: ulp: remove memset after vzalloc in ipoib

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Date:   Wed, 3 Jul 2019 14:29:38 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To:     Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@...il.com>
Cc:     Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        Kamal Heib <kamalheib1@...il.com>,
        Feras Daoud <ferasda@...lanox.com>,
        Erez Shitrit <erezsh@...lanox.com>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
        Aaron Knister <aaron.s.knister@...a.gov>,
        Denis Drozdov <denisd@...lanox.com>,
        Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 28/87] infiniband: ulp: remove memset after vzalloc in
 ipoib_cm.c

On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 01:38:04AM +0800, Fuqian Huang wrote:
> vzalloc has already zeroed the memory.
> So memset is unneeded.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@...il.com>
>  drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
> index aa9dcfc36cd3..c59e00a0881f 100644
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
> @@ -1153,7 +1153,6 @@ static int ipoib_cm_tx_init(struct ipoib_cm_tx *p, u32 qpn,
>  		ret = -ENOMEM;
>  		goto err_tx;
>  	}
> -	memset(p->tx_ring, 0, ipoib_sendq_size * sizeof(*p->tx_ring));
>  
>  	p->qp = ipoib_cm_create_tx_qp(p->dev, p);
>  	memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag);

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Thanks,
Jason