| Message ID | 1492506222-28999-4-git-send-email-matanb@mellanox.com (mailing list archive) |
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| State | Accepted |
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diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c index 699a659..41c31a2 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int uverbs_try_lock_object(struct ib_uobject *uobj, bool exclusive) static struct ib_uobject *alloc_uobj(struct ib_ucontext *context, const struct uverbs_obj_type *type) { - struct ib_uobject *uobj = kmalloc(type->obj_size, GFP_KERNEL); + struct ib_uobject *uobj = kzalloc(type->obj_size, GFP_KERNEL); if (!uobj) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
Currently, we initialize all fields of ib_uobject straight after allocation. Therefore, a kmalloc was sufficient. Since ib_uobject could be embedded in a type specific structure, we nullify it to spare programmer errors. Fixes: 3832125624b7 ('IB/core: Add support for idr types') Signed-off-by: Matan Barak <matanb@mellanox.com> --- drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)