netdev - Re: brcmfmac: Use zeroing memory allocator than allocator/memset

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Message-Id: <20180108172322.93BC060B1D@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Mon,  8 Jan 2018 17:23:22 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
Cc:     arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com, franky.lin@...adcom.com,
        hante.meuleman@...adcom.com, chi-hsien.lin@...ress.com,
        wright.feng@...ress.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,
        brcm80211-dev-list@...ress.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mcgrof@...nel.org,
        Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
Subject: Re: brcmfmac: Use zeroing memory allocator than allocator/memset

Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com> wrote:

> Use dma_zalloc_coherent for allocating zeroed
> memory and remove unnecessary memset function.
> 
> Done using Coccinelle.
> Generated-by: scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci
> 0-day tested with no failures.
> 
> Suggested-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>

Failed to apply:

fatal: corrupt patch at line 29
error: could not build fake ancestor
Applying: brcmfmac: Use zeroing memory allocator than allocator/memset
Patch failed at 0001 brcmfmac: Use zeroing memory allocator than allocator/memset
The copy of the patch that failed is found in: .git/rebase-apply/patch

Patch set to Changes Requested.

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10137819/

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