[PATCH] lib: Convert kmalloc()+memset() to kzalloc()

  Convert the single obvious instance in lib/ of kmalloc() + memset()
to kzalloc().

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]>

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diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 744a4b1..7ce6dc1 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -111,10 +111,9 @@ char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject *k
 	len = get_kobj_path_length(kobj);
 	if (len == 0)
 		return NULL;
-	path = kmalloc(len, gfp_mask);
+	path = kzalloc(len, gfp_mask);
 	if (!path)
 		return NULL;
-	memset(path, 0x00, len);
 	fill_kobj_path(kobj, path, len);

 	return path;
-
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