netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] ethernet :mellanox :mlx4: Replace pci_pool_alloc by pci_pool

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Message-ID: <20161129195811.GA4221@yuval-lap.uk.oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2016 21:58:12 +0200
From:   Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@...cle.com>
To:     Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com, yishaih@...lanox.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        sahu.rameshwar73@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] ethernet :mellanox :mlx4: Replace pci_pool_alloc by
 pci_pool_zalloc

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 01:16:12AM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> In mlx4_alloc_cmd_mailbox(), pci_pool_alloc() followed by memset will be
> replaced by pci_pool_zalloc()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Souptick joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
> ---
> v3:
>   - Fixed alignment issues

You mean remove extra empty line?

Reviewed-by: Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@...cle.com>

> 
> v2:
>   - Address comment from sergei
>     Alignment was not proper
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
> index e36bebc..a49072b4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
> @@ -2679,15 +2679,13 @@ struct mlx4_cmd_mailbox *mlx4_alloc_cmd_mailbox(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
>  	if (!mailbox)
>  		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> 
> -	mailbox->buf = pci_pool_alloc(mlx4_priv(dev)->cmd.pool, GFP_KERNEL,
> -				      &mailbox->dma);
> +	mailbox->buf = pci_pool_zalloc(mlx4_priv(dev)->cmd.pool, GFP_KERNEL,
> +				       &mailbox->dma);
>  	if (!mailbox->buf) {
>  		kfree(mailbox);
>  		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>  	}
> 
> -	memset(mailbox->buf, 0, MLX4_MAILBOX_SIZE);
> -
>  	return mailbox;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mlx4_alloc_cmd_mailbox);
> --
> 1.9.1
> 
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