We have a __GFP_ZERO flag that allocates a zeroed chunk of memory.
Use it in the sk_alloc() and avoid a hand-made memset().
This is a temporary patch that will help us in the nearest future :)
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 7c2e3db..21fc79b 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -908,10 +908,12 @@ struct sock *sk_alloc(struct net *net, int family, gfp_t
priority,
{
struct sock *sk;
+ if (zero_it)
+ priority |= __GFP_ZERO;
+
sk = sk_prot_alloc(prot, priority);
if (sk) {
if (zero_it) {
- memset(sk, 0, prot->obj_size);
sk->sk_family = family;
/*
* See comment in struct sock definition to understand
--
1.5.3.4
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