netdev - [PATCH v2 15/27] net: use zeroing allocator rather than allocator followed by memset zero

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Date:   Fri, 28 Jun 2019 10:48:22 +0800
From:   Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@...il.com>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Derek Chickles <dchickles@...vell.com>,
        Satanand Burla <sburla@...vell.com>,
        Felix Manlunas <fmanlunas@...vell.com>,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 15/27] net: use zeroing allocator rather than allocator followed by memset zero

Replace allocator followed by memset with 0 with zeroing allocator.

Signed-off-by: Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/eql.c                                       | 3 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/cn23xx_pf_device.c | 4 +---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/cn23xx_vf_device.c | 4 +---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c              | 3 +--
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/eql.c b/drivers/net/eql.c
index 74263f8efe1a..2f101a6036e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/eql.c
+++ b/drivers/net/eql.c
@@ -419,14 +419,13 @@ static int eql_enslave(struct net_device *master_dev, slaving_request_t __user *
 	if ((master_dev->flags & IFF_UP) == IFF_UP) {
 		/* slave is not a master & not already a slave: */
 		if (!eql_is_master(slave_dev) && !eql_is_slave(slave_dev)) {
-			slave_t *s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
+			slave_t *s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
 			equalizer_t *eql = netdev_priv(master_dev);
 			int ret;
 
 			if (!s)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 
-			memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
 			s->dev = slave_dev;
 			s->priority = srq.priority;
 			s->priority_bps = srq.priority;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/cn23xx_pf_device.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/cn23xx_pf_device.c
index 43d11c38b38a..cf3835da32c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/cn23xx_pf_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/cn23xx_pf_device.c
@@ -719,12 +719,10 @@ static int cn23xx_setup_pf_mbox(struct octeon_device *oct)
 	for (i = 0; i < oct->sriov_info.max_vfs; i++) {
 		q_no = i * oct->sriov_info.rings_per_vf;
 
-		mbox = vmalloc(sizeof(*mbox));
+		mbox = vzalloc(sizeof(*mbox));
 		if (!mbox)
 			goto free_mbox;
 
-		memset(mbox, 0, sizeof(struct octeon_mbox));
-
 		spin_lock_init(&mbox->lock);
 
 		mbox->oct_dev = oct;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/cn23xx_vf_device.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/cn23xx_vf_device.c
index fda49404968c..b3bd2767d3dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/cn23xx_vf_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/cn23xx_vf_device.c
@@ -279,12 +279,10 @@ static int cn23xx_setup_vf_mbox(struct octeon_device *oct)
 {
 	struct octeon_mbox *mbox = NULL;
 
-	mbox = vmalloc(sizeof(*mbox));
+	mbox = vzalloc(sizeof(*mbox));
 	if (!mbox)
 		return 1;
 
-	memset(mbox, 0, sizeof(struct octeon_mbox));
-
 	spin_lock_init(&mbox->lock);
 
 	mbox->oct_dev = oct;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
index 6c01314e87b0..f1dff5c47676 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ static int mlx4_en_config_rss_qp(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv, int qpn,
 	struct mlx4_qp_context *context;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	context = kmalloc(sizeof(*context), GFP_KERNEL);
+	context = kzalloc(sizeof(*context), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!context)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1073,7 +1073,6 @@ static int mlx4_en_config_rss_qp(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv, int qpn,
 	}
 	qp->event = mlx4_en_sqp_event;
 
-	memset(context, 0, sizeof(*context));
 	mlx4_en_fill_qp_context(priv, ring->actual_size, ring->stride, 0, 0,
 				qpn, ring->cqn, -1, context);
 	context->db_rec_addr = cpu_to_be64(ring->wqres.db.dma);
-- 
2.11.0