linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: gpib: Replace kmalloc + memset with kzalloc for zero initialization.

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Message-Id: <20241014060430.1533329-1-roheetchavan@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 11:34:30 +0530
From: Rohit Chavan <roheetchavan@...il.com>
To: Dave Penkler <dpenkler@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Rohit Chavan <roheetchavan@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: gpib: Replace kmalloc + memset with kzalloc for zero initialization.

This change simplifies memory allocation by using `kzalloc`
for zero-initialization, improving readability and reducing
uninitialized memory errors.


Signed-off-by: Rohit Chavan <roheetchavan@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/gpib/tnt4882/mite.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/gpib/tnt4882/mite.c b/drivers/staging/gpib/tnt4882/mite.c
index adb656a5eb2c..54d80f89195f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gpib/tnt4882/mite.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gpib/tnt4882/mite.c
@@ -57,12 +57,10 @@ void mite_init(void)
 	for (pcidev = pci_get_device(PCI_VENDOR_ID_NATINST, PCI_ANY_ID, NULL);
 		pcidev;
 		pcidev = pci_get_device(PCI_VENDOR_ID_NATINST, PCI_ANY_ID, pcidev)) {
-		mite = kmalloc(sizeof(*mite), GFP_KERNEL);
+		mite = kzalloc(sizeof(*mite), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!mite)
 			return;
 
-		memset(mite, 0, sizeof(*mite));
-
 		mite->pcidev = pcidev;
 		pci_dev_get(mite->pcidev);
 		mite->next = mite_devices;
-- 
2.34.1