linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net v4] octeontx2-af: Initialize maps.

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Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 20:59:26 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@...vell.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	sgoutham@...vell.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, bcreeley@....com,
	sbhatta@...vell.com, gakula@...vell.com, hkelam@...vell.com,
	sumang@...vell.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v4] octeontx2-af: Initialize maps.

On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 08:10:00AM +0530, Ratheesh Kannoth wrote:
> kmalloc_array() without __GFP_ZERO flag does not initialize
> memory to zero. This causes issues. Use kcalloc() for maps and
> bitmap_zalloc() for bitmaps.
> 
> Fixes: dd7842878633 ("octeontx2-af: Add new devlink param to configure maximum usable NIX block LFs")
> Signed-off-by: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@...vell.com>
> Reviewed-by: Brett Creeley <bcreeley@....com>
> ---
> 
> ChangeLogs:
> v3 -> v4: Used kcalloc() for normal maps
> v2 -> v3: Used GFP_ZERO for normal map arrays
> v1 -> v2: Used bitmap_zalloc() API.
> v0 -> v1: Removed devm_kcalloc()._

Thanks for the updates.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>