linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: Remove unnecessary calls to memset after dma_alloc

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Date:   Sat, 4 Apr 2020 13:14:52 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Alex Dewar <alex.dewar@....co.uk>,
        Allison Randal <allison@...utok.net>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Chaitra Basappa <chaitra.basappa@...adcom.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Himanshu Madhani <hmadhani@...vell.com>,
        "James E. J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Richard Fontana <rfontana@...hat.com>,
        Sathya Prakash <sathya.prakash@...adcom.com>,
        Suganath Prabu Subramani 
        <suganath-prabu.subramani@...adcom.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, aacraid@...rosemi.com,
        MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@...adcom.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: Remove unnecessary calls to memset after
 dma_alloc_coherent

> dma_alloc_coherent() now zeroes memory after allocation, so additional
> calls to memset() afterwards are unnecessary. Remove them.

I suggest to reconsider the distribution of recipients also for this patch
according to the fields “Cc” and “To”.


…
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c
…
> @@ -3067,13 +3064,12 @@ static int adpt_i2o_build_sys_table(void)
>  	sys_tbl_len = sizeof(struct i2o_sys_tbl) +	// Header + IOPs
>  				(hba_count) * sizeof(struct i2o_sys_tbl_entry);
>
> -	sys_tbl = dma_alloc_coherent(&pHba->pDev->dev,
> -				sys_tbl_len, &sys_tbl_pa, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	sys_tbl = dma_alloc_coherent(&pHba->pDev->dev, sys_tbl_len,
> +				     &sys_tbl_pa, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!sys_tbl) {
…
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_init.c
> @@ -244,28 +244,22 @@ static int mvs_alloc(struct mvs_info *mvi, struct Scsi_Host *shost)
…
> -	mvi->slot = dma_alloc_coherent(mvi->dev,
> -				       sizeof(*mvi->slot) * slot_nr,
> +	mvi->slot = dma_alloc_coherent(mvi->dev, sizeof(*mvi->slot) * slot_nr,
>  				       &mvi->slot_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!mvi->slot)
…
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
> @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ qla24xx_process_abts(struct scsi_qla_host *vha, void *pkt)
>  	    (uint8_t *)abts, sizeof(*abts));
>
>  	rsp_els = dma_alloc_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, sizeof(*rsp_els), &dma,
> -	    GFP_KERNEL);
> +				     GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!rsp_els) {
…
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c
> @@ -4887,15 +4887,13 @@ qla25xx_set_els_cmds_supported(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
>  	    "Entered %s.\n", __func__);
>
>  	els_cmd_map = dma_alloc_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, ELS_CMD_MAP_SIZE,
> -	    &els_cmd_map_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
> +					 &els_cmd_map_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!els_cmd_map) {
…

I find it safer to integrate such source code reformattings by
another update step which will be separated from the proposed deletion
of unwanted function calls.

Regards,
Markus