netdev - Re: [PATCH net] be2net: Replace dma/pci_alloc_coherent() calls with dma_zalloc

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Date:	Sun, 07 Jun 2015 15:35:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sriharsha.basavapatna@...gotech.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] be2net: Replace dma/pci_alloc_coherent() calls
 with dma_zalloc_coherent()

From: Sriharsha Basavapatna <sriharsha.basavapatna@...gotech.com>
Date: Fri,  5 Jun 2015 15:33:59 +0530

> There are several places in the driver (all in control paths) where
> coherent dma memory is being allocated using either dma_alloc_coherent()
> or the deprecated pci_alloc_consistent(). All these calls should be
> changed to use dma_zalloc_coherent() to avoid uninitialized fields in
> data structures backed by this memory.
> 
> Reported-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
> Tested-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Sriharsha Basavapatna <sriharsha.basavapatna@...gotech.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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