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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [MTD] kmalloc + memzero -> kzalloc conversion
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Deepak Saxena wrote:
> I see it more as an API usage cleanup then a "fix" of any sort. 
> 
Well, actually it may be helpful in only future, for example, if it is 
known that the allocated memory is zero-filled already, memzero() may be 
avoided at all.

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Artem B. Bityuckiy,
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