netdev - [PATCH] net: eql: Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc/memset

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Date:   Mon, 18 Apr 2022 18:22:13 +0800
From:   Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
CC:     Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] net: eql: Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc/memset

Use kzalloc rather than duplicating its implementation, which
makes code simple and easy to understand.

Signed-off-by: Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>
---
 drivers/net/eql.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/eql.c b/drivers/net/eql.c
index 1111d1f33865..557ca8ff9dec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/eql.c
+++ b/drivers/net/eql.c
@@ -425,14 +425,13 @@ 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;
-- 
2.7.4