This is an API consolidation only. The use of kmalloc + memset to 0 should be equivalent to kzalloc in this case.
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <[email protected]> --- Found by coccinelle script (relaxed version of scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci) Patch was compile tested with: x86_64_defconfig + CONFIG_ORANGEFS_FS=m Patch is against linux-next (localversion-next is -next-20151222) fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c index 7319f1a..9eb7972 100644 --- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c +++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c @@ -365,10 +365,9 @@ static ssize_t orangefs_debug_write(struct file *file, count = ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN + 1; } - buf = kmalloc(ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN, GFP_KERNEL); + buf = kzalloc(ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN, GFP_KERNEL); if (!buf) goto out; - memset(buf, 0, ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN); if (copy_from_user(buf, ubuf, count - 1)) { gossip_debug(GOSSIP_DEBUGFS_DEBUG, -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

