Message ID | 20230522085019.42914-1-prathubaronia2011@gmail.com (mailing list archive) |
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State | Not Applicable |
Headers | show |
Series | vhost: use kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() followed by memset() | expand |
Context | Check | Description |
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netdev/tree_selection | success | Not a local patch |
On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 02:20:19PM +0530, Prathu Baronia wrote: >Use kzalloc() to allocate new zeroed out msg node instead of >memsetting a node allocated with kmalloc(). > >Signed-off-by: Prathu Baronia <prathubaronia2011@gmail.com> >--- > drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 5 ++--- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > >diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c >index a92af08e7864..579ecb4ee4d2 100644 >--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c >+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c >@@ -2575,12 +2575,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_disable_notify); > /* Create a new message. */ > struct vhost_msg_node *vhost_new_msg(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, int type) > { >- struct vhost_msg_node *node = kmalloc(sizeof *node, GFP_KERNEL); >+ /* Make sure all padding within the structure is initialized. */ >+ struct vhost_msg_node *node = kzalloc(sizeof(*node), GFP_KERNEL); > if (!node) > return NULL; > >- /* Make sure all padding within the structure is initialized. */ >- memset(&node->msg, 0, sizeof node->msg); the patch LGTM: Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> > node->vq = vq; > node->msg.type = type; > return node; > >base-commit: 4d6d4c7f541d7027beed4fb86eb2c451bd8d6fff >-- >2.34.1 > >
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c index a92af08e7864..579ecb4ee4d2 100644 --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c @@ -2575,12 +2575,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_disable_notify); /* Create a new message. */ struct vhost_msg_node *vhost_new_msg(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, int type) { - struct vhost_msg_node *node = kmalloc(sizeof *node, GFP_KERNEL); + /* Make sure all padding within the structure is initialized. */ + struct vhost_msg_node *node = kzalloc(sizeof(*node), GFP_KERNEL); if (!node) return NULL; - /* Make sure all padding within the structure is initialized. */ - memset(&node->msg, 0, sizeof node->msg); node->vq = vq; node->msg.type = type; return node;
Use kzalloc() to allocate new zeroed out msg node instead of memsetting a node allocated with kmalloc(). Signed-off-by: Prathu Baronia <prathubaronia2011@gmail.com> --- drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) base-commit: 4d6d4c7f541d7027beed4fb86eb2c451bd8d6fff