linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] ALSA: seq: oss: use kzalloc

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Message-ID: <2422fcc6d9a1e03e4dde90ea91327764ab5ee4b5.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Sat, 12 Mar 2022 13:43:52 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] ALSA: seq: oss: use kzalloc

On Sat, 2022-03-12 at 11:27 +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc + memset.
[]
> diff --git a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c
[]
> @@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ snd_seq_oss_create_client(void)
>  	system_client = rc;
>  
>  	/* create annoucement receiver port */

unrelated trivia: typo of announcement above

> -	memset(port, 0, sizeof(*port));
>  	strcpy(port->name, "Receiver");
>  	port->addr.client = system_client;
>  	port->capability = SNDRV_SEQ_PORT_CAP_WRITE; /* receive only */
>