linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: idxd: No need to clear memory after a dma_alloc

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Message-ID: <549bd3cb-d0b9-2440-bdd2-5dbf530afb74@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 30 May 2023 08:51:36 -0700
From:   Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        <dmaengine@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: idxd: No need to clear memory after a
 dma_alloc_coherent() call



On 5/28/23 07:11, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> dma_alloc_coherent() already clear the allocated memory, there is no need
> to explicitly call memset().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>

Acked-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>

Thanks.

-Fenghua