netdev - [PATCH] wcn36xx: replace dma_alloc_coherent + memset with dma_zalloc

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Date:   Fri, 24 Aug 2018 18:14:10 +0100
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        wcn36xx@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] wcn36xx: replace dma_alloc_coherent + memset with dma_zalloc_coherent

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

It is preferable to use dma_zalloc_coherent rather than dam_alloc_coherent
and memset, so use it.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/dxe.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/dxe.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/dxe.c
index 06cfe8d311f3..e66ddaa39523 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/dxe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/dxe.c
@@ -174,13 +174,11 @@ static int wcn36xx_dxe_init_descs(struct device *dev, struct wcn36xx_dxe_ch *wcn
 	int i;
 
 	size = wcn_ch->desc_num * sizeof(struct wcn36xx_dxe_desc);
-	wcn_ch->cpu_addr = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, size, &wcn_ch->dma_addr,
-					      GFP_KERNEL);
+	wcn_ch->cpu_addr = dma_zalloc_coherent(dev, size, &wcn_ch->dma_addr,
+					       GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!wcn_ch->cpu_addr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memset(wcn_ch->cpu_addr, 0, size);
-
 	cur_dxe = (struct wcn36xx_dxe_desc *)wcn_ch->cpu_addr;
 	cur_ctl = wcn_ch->head_blk_ctl;
 
-- 
2.17.1