From: "Daniel K." <daniel@cluded.net>
To: Panagiotis Issaris <takis@lumumba.uhasselt.be>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-eata@i-connect.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Forgotten memset
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 01:49:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44BD8FB7.9080307@cluded.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060719013407.GG30823@lumumba.uhasselt.be>
Panagiotis Issaris wrote:
> --- a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
> @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static int idescsi_check_condition(ide_d
>
> /* stuff a sense request in front of our current request */
> pc = kzalloc (sizeof (idescsi_pc_t), GFP_ATOMIC);
> - rq = kmalloc (sizeof (struct request), GFP_ATOMIC);
> + rq = kzalloc (sizeof (struct request), GFP_ATOMIC);
> buf = kzalloc(SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
> if (pc == NULL || rq == NULL || buf == NULL) {
> kfree(buf);
>
> Was this forgotten and therefore, is it necessary or useful to zero this
> out?
No, this code snippet is followed by a call to
ide_init_drive_cmd(rq)
which calls memset()
Daniel K.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-19 1:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-19 1:34 [PATCH 2/2] Forgotten memset Panagiotis Issaris
2006-07-19 1:49 ` Daniel K. [this message]
2006-07-20 17:21 ` Panagiotis Issaris
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