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

["Pekka Enberg" <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>]

On 7/19/06, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> wrote:
> > -     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.

Potentially useful for kmemleak, I think. Catalin?

                                      Pekka
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