linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 10/24] IB/mthca: Remove call to memset after dma_alloc

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:18:16 +0800
From:   Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@...il.com>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 10/24] IB/mthca: Remove call to memset after dma_alloc_coherent

In commit 518a2f1925c3
("dma-mapping: zero memory returned from dma_alloc_*"),
dma_alloc_coherent has already zeroed the memory.
So memset is not needed.

Signed-off-by: Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@...il.com>
---
Changes in v3:
  - Use actual commit rather than the merge commit in the commit message

 drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_allocator.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_allocator.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_allocator.c
index aaf10dd5364d..aef1d274a14e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_allocator.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_allocator.c
@@ -214,8 +214,6 @@ int mthca_buf_alloc(struct mthca_dev *dev, int size, int max_direct,
 
 		dma_unmap_addr_set(&buf->direct, mapping, t);
 
-		memset(buf->direct.buf, 0, size);
-
 		while (t & ((1 << shift) - 1)) {
 			--shift;
 			npages *= 2;
-- 
2.11.0