Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:12:57 +0100 | From | Jonathan Cameron <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] iio: inkern: clear allocated memory |
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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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