Re: [PATCH] Perf, AMD: Prefer kzalloc() over kmalloc()+memset() in amd_alloc_nb()

[Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>]

On Sat, 2010-10-30 at 21:06 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I believe this would be an improvement?
> 
> Prefer kzalloc() over kmalloc()+memset() in amd_alloc_nb().
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>
> ---


I've changed it to..

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Subject: perf, amd: Use kmalloc_node(,__GFP_ZERO) for northbridge structure allocation
From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Date: Mon Nov 01 18:52:05 CET 2010

Jasper suggested we use the zeroing capability of the allocators
instead of calling memset ourselves. Add node affinity while we're at
it.

Reported-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
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Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
@@ -280,11 +280,10 @@ static struct amd_nb *amd_alloc_nb(int c
 	struct amd_nb *nb;
 	int i;
 
-	nb = kmalloc(sizeof(struct amd_nb), GFP_KERNEL);
+	nb = kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct amd_nb), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, nb_id);
 	if (!nb)
 		return NULL;
 
-	memset(nb, 0, sizeof(*nb));
 	nb->nb_id = nb_id;
 
 	/*