linux-kernel - [PATCH] jffs2: Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc/memset

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Message-ID: <1650277088-30838-1-git-send-email-baihaowen@meizu.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Apr 2022 18:18:07 +0800
From:   Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>
To:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
CC:     Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>, <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] jffs2: Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc/memset

Use kzalloc rather than duplicating its implementation, which
makes code simple and easy to understand.

Signed-off-by: Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>
---
 fs/jffs2/erase.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/jffs2/erase.c b/fs/jffs2/erase.c
index 7e9abdb89712..6cde15aac835 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/erase.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/erase.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static void jffs2_erase_block(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
 	jffs2_dbg(1, "%s(): erase block %#08x (range %#08x-%#08x)\n",
 		  __func__,
 		  jeb->offset, jeb->offset, jeb->offset + c->sector_size);
-	instr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct erase_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	instr = kzalloc(sizeof(struct erase_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!instr) {
 		pr_warn("kmalloc for struct erase_info in jffs2_erase_block failed. Refiling block for later\n");
 		mutex_lock(&c->erase_free_sem);
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ static void jffs2_erase_block(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	memset(instr, 0, sizeof(*instr));
-
 	instr->addr = jeb->offset;
 	instr->len = c->sector_size;
 
-- 
2.7.4