netdev - [PATCH 09/20] ethernet: ucc_geth: replace kmalloc+memset by kzalloc

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Date:   Sat,  5 Dec 2020 20:17:32 +0100
From:   Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk>
To:     Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Zhao Qiang <qiang.zhao@....com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 09/20] ethernet: ucc_geth: replace kmalloc+memset by kzalloc

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
index f854ff90f238..e1574c14b7e5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
@@ -2904,14 +2904,11 @@ static int ucc_geth_startup(struct ucc_geth_private *ugeth)
 	 * allocated resources can be released when the channel is freed.
 	 */
 	if (!(ugeth->p_init_enet_param_shadow =
-	      kmalloc(sizeof(struct ucc_geth_init_pram), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+	      kzalloc(sizeof(struct ucc_geth_init_pram), GFP_KERNEL))) {
 		if (netif_msg_ifup(ugeth))
 			pr_err("Can not allocate memory for p_UccInitEnetParamShadows\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	/* Zero out *p_init_enet_param_shadow */
-	memset((char *)ugeth->p_init_enet_param_shadow,
-	       0, sizeof(struct ucc_geth_init_pram));
 
 	/* Fill shadow InitEnet command parameter structure */
 
-- 
2.23.0