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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] iio: inkern: clear allocated memory
On 10/09/12 09:02, Kim, Milo wrote:
> Use kzalloc() rathern than kmalloc() for initializing iio_dev and
> iio_chan_spec.
Please state why. I'm sure I can track it down, but it ought to be
in the commit comment.
>
> Signed-off-by: Milo(Woogyom) Kim <milo.kim@ti.com>
> ---
> drivers/iio/inkern.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/inkern.c b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
> index b5afc2f..1faa240 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/inkern.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
> @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct iio_channel *iio_channel_get(const char *name, const char *channel_name)
> if (c == NULL)
> return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
>
> - channel = kmalloc(sizeof(*channel), GFP_KERNEL);
> + channel = kzalloc(sizeof(*channel), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (channel == NULL)
> return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>
>



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