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

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Thu Aug 29 22:09:26 EDT 2013


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

> __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>

Applied, thanks a lot Joe.



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