linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/14] block: drop double zeroing

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Message-ID: <b71efcfb-4ffd-d125-0ef7-ed5ab6b03892@kernel.dk>
Date:   Wed, 23 Sep 2020 09:18:28 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/14] block: drop double zeroing

On 9/20/20 5:26 AM, Julia Lawall wrote:
> sg_init_table zeroes its first argument, so the allocation of that argument
> doesn't have to.
> 
> the semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @@
> expression x;
> @@
> 
> x =
> - kzalloc
> + kmalloc
>  (...)
> ...
> sg_init_table(x,...)
> // </smpl>

Applied for 5.10, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe