Re: [PATCH] drivers: Conversions from kmalloc+memset to k(z|c)alloc.

[Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>]

Panagiotis Issaris writes:

> diff --git a/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c b/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c
> index 1507d19..48c6f83 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c
> @@ -2995,12 +2995,11 @@ static int __devinit atyfb_setup_sparc(s
>  		/* nothing */ ;
>  	j = i + 4;
>  
> -	par->mmap_map = kmalloc(j * sizeof(*par->mmap_map), GFP_ATOMIC);
> +	par->mmap_map = kcalloc(j, sizeof(*par->mmap_map), GFP_ATOMIC);
>  	if (!par->mmap_map) {
>  		PRINTKE("atyfb_setup_sparc() can't alloc mmap_map\n");
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	}
> -	memset(par->mmap_map, 0, j * sizeof(*par->mmap_map));

What exactly do we gain by using kcalloc rather than kzalloc here?
There is no potential overflow issue to worry about.

> @@ -464,7 +463,7 @@ #ifdef __sparc__
>  	 * one additional region with size == 0. 
>  	 */
>  
> -	par->mmap_map = kmalloc(4 * sizeof(*par->mmap_map), GFP_ATOMIC);
> +	par->mmap_map = kcalloc(4, sizeof(*par->mmap_map), GFP_ATOMIC);

Likewise.

Paul.