[PATCH net-next] drivers:net: Convert dma_alloc_coherent(...__GFP_ZERO) to dma_zalloc_coherent

Jesse Brandeburg jesse.brandeburg at intel.com
Tue Aug 27 15:34:33 EDT 2013


On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:45:23 -0700
Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> wrote:

> __GFP_ZERO is an uncommon flag and perhaps is better
> not used.  static inline dma_zalloc_coherent exists
> so convert the uses of dma_alloc_coherent with __GFP_ZERO
> to the more common kernel style with zalloc.
> 
> Remove memset from the static inline dma_zalloc_coherent
> and add just one use of __GFP_ZERO instead.
> 
> Trivially reduces the size of the existing uses of
> dma_zalloc_coherent.
> 
> Realign arguments as appropriate.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe at perches.com>

e1000 and ixgb bits:

Acked-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg at intel.com>



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