linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: use kzalloc instead of kmalloc and memset

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Date:   Wed, 13 Oct 2021 14:29:45 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Wan Jiabing <wanjiabing@...o.com>
Cc:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kael_w@...h.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: use kzalloc instead of kmalloc and
 memset

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 03:01:28AM -0400, Wan Jiabing wrote:
> Fix following coccicheck warning:
> ./drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c:422:10-17:
> WARNING: kzalloc should be used for pwep, instead of kmalloc/memset
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wan Jiabing <wanjiabing@...o.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Someone just sent this same patch before you did, sorry:
	https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211012024624.GA1062447@embeddedor