On 9/17/06, Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]> wrote:
On Sunday 17 September 2006 20:53, Om Narasimhan wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
> index 2b8755d..e08950b 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/platform.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
> @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ int platform_device_add_resources(struct
> {
> struct resource *r;
>
> -r = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource) * num, GFP_KERNEL);
> +r = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource) * num, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (r) {
> memcpy(r, res, sizeof(struct resource) * num);
> pdev->resource = r;
Just out of curiosity could you tell me what is the benefit of
zeroing allocated memory here?
My mistake. :-D
> @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ int platform_device_add_data(struct plat
> {
> void *d;
>
> -d = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> +d = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (d) {
> memcpy(d, data, size);
> pdev->dev.platform_data = d;
>
And here?
Mea Culpa :-D
Thanks for the comment.
Regards,
Om.
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