linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 05/27] gpib: cec: Replace kmalloc/memset to kzalloc in *allocate

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Message-ID: <20260116174647.317256-6-dominik.karol.piatkowski@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:47:49 +0000
From: Dominik Karol Piątkowski <dominik.karol.piatkowski@...tonmail.com>
To: Dave Penkler <dpenkler@...il.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Michael Rubin <matchstick@...erthere.org>, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dominik Karol Piątkowski <dominik.karol.piatkowski@...tonmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 05/27] gpib: cec: Replace kmalloc/memset to kzalloc in *allocate_private

Replace kmalloc/memset pair to kzalloc in cec_allocate_private.

Signed-off-by: Dominik Karol Piątkowski <dominik.karol.piatkowski@...tonmail.com>
---

v3:
- Split commit into smaller pieces
- Improve changelog

 drivers/gpib/cec/cec_gpib.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpib/cec/cec_gpib.c b/drivers/gpib/cec/cec_gpib.c
index dbf9b95baabc..cb81c2934d60 100644
--- a/drivers/gpib/cec/cec_gpib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpib/cec/cec_gpib.c
@@ -220,11 +220,10 @@ static int cec_allocate_private(struct gpib_board *board)
 {
 	struct cec_priv *priv;
 
-	board->private_data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cec_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	board->private_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cec_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!board->private_data)
 		return -1;
 	priv = board->private_data;
-	memset(priv, 0, sizeof(struct cec_priv));
 	init_nec7210_private(&priv->nec7210_priv);
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.43.0