Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:57:45 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mm/m68k: Eliminate memset after alloc_bootmem_pages | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> |
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On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@gmail.com> wrote: > alloc_bootmem and related functions always return a zeroed region of memory. > Thus a memset after calls to these functions is unnecessary. > > The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used for making the change: > > @@ > expression E,E1; > @@ > > E = \(alloc_bootmem\|alloc_bootmem_low\|alloc_bootmem_pages\|alloc_bootmem_low_pages\)(...) > ... when != E > - memset(E,0,E1); > > Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@gmail.com> > Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Thanks, applied and queued for v3.19.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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