linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] perf map: use zalloc for map

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Date:   Mon, 29 Jul 2019 18:24:29 +0100
From:   John Keeping <john@...anate.com>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     John Keeping <john@...anate.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] perf map: use zalloc for map_groups

In the next commit we will add new fields to map_groups and we need
these to be null if no value is assigned.  The simplest way to achieve
this is to request zeroed memory from the allocator.

Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@...anate.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/map.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.c b/tools/perf/util/map.c
index 668410b1d426..44b556812e4b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ bool map_groups__empty(struct map_groups *mg)
 
 struct map_groups *map_groups__new(struct machine *machine)
 {
-	struct map_groups *mg = malloc(sizeof(*mg));
+	struct map_groups *mg = zalloc(sizeof(*mg));
 
 	if (mg != NULL)
 		map_groups__init(mg, machine);
-- 
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