Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [KJ] replacing kmalloc with kzalloc in io_apic.c | From | Roland Dreier <> | Date | Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:27:07 -0700 |
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> from my days submitting numerous patches of this type, i can recall > that in cases like the above, it's a judgment call -- use kzalloc to > get the zeroing, or use kcalloc to get the array-flavoured behaviour. > what a shame you can't have both at the same time.
kcalloc() zeros memory just like standard calloc() in userspace.
As <linux/slab.h> says:
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