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

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Message-ID: <20180108182447.GA31020@himanshu-Vostro-3559>
Date:   Mon, 8 Jan 2018 23:54:47 +0530
From:   Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
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
Subject: Re: brcmfmac: Use zeroing memory allocator than allocator/memset

On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 05:23:22PM +0000, Kalle Valo wrote:
> 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.

Sorry! That failed because I manually adjusted the arguments to prevent
80 character limit in the patch generated.

I will rebase and send v2 with updates.

-- 
Thanks
Himanshu Jha