linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: bcm - set memory to zero only once

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Message-ID: <Z7hGIM9hOvSgr5qB@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:23:44 +0800
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
	Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@...el.com>,
	Chen Ridong <chenridong@...wei.com>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: bcm - set memory to zero only once

On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 11:36:44PM +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Use kmalloc_array() instead of kcalloc() because sg_init_table() already
> sets the memory to zero. This avoids zeroing the memory twice.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/bcm/cipher.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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