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

On 7/19/06, Daniel K. <[email protected]> wrote:

> diff --git a/drivers/serial/ip22zilog.c b/drivers/serial/ip22zilog.c
> index 5ff269f..ca0e9f2 100644
> --- a/drivers/serial/ip22zilog.c
> +++ b/drivers/serial/ip22zilog.c
> @@ -925,11 +925,7 @@ static int zilog_irq = -1;
>  static void * __init alloc_one_table(unsigned long size)
>  {
>       void *ret;
> -
> -     ret = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> -     if (ret != NULL)
> -             memset(ret, 0, size);
> -
> +     ret = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
>       return ret;
>  }

And here as well.

What is preferred by developers?

That you kill useless wrappers and type casts.
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