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

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Date:   Tue, 30 May 2023 17:54:46 +0200
From:   Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...rovitsch.priv.at>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        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 28/05/2023 16:11, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> dma_alloc_coherent() already clear the allocated memory, there is no need
> to explicitly call memset().

Hmm, so wouldn't be dma_zalloc_coherent() a better name for the function?

Kind regards,
	Bernd
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