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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 16:48:00 -0800 From: Robert Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@...il.com> To: Robert Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@...il.com> Cc: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] net: seeq: replace kmalloc / memset(,0) with kzalloc On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 10:09:54PM -0800, Robert Eshleman wrote: > This patch reduces a call to memset(,0) by replacing > a kmalloc call with a kzalloc call. > > Signed-off-by: Robert Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@...il.com> > --- > drivers/net/ethernet/seeq/ether3.c | 3 +-- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/seeq/ether3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/seeq/ether3.c > index d1bb73bf9914..7456cf08a48f 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/seeq/ether3.c > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/seeq/ether3.c > @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ ether3_addr(char *addr, struct expansion_card *ec) > static int > ether3_ramtest(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char byte) > { > - unsigned char *buffer = kmalloc(RX_END, GFP_KERNEL); > + unsigned char *buffer = kzalloc(RX_END, GFP_KERNEL); > int i,ret = 0; > int max_errors = 4; > int bad = -1; > @@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ ether3_ramtest(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char byte) > if (!buffer) > return 1; > > - memset(buffer, byte, RX_END); Byte is not zero, so the intent of this patch does not apply here. Dropping this from the patch set in v2. > ether3_setbuffer(dev, buffer_write, 0); > ether3_writebuffer(dev, buffer, TX_END); > ether3_setbuffer(dev, buffer_write, RX_START); > -- > 2.20.1 >
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