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From: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
To: "'ye.xingchen@zte.com.cn'" <ye.xingchen@zte.com.cn>,
	"3chas3@gmail.com" <3chas3@gmail.com>
Cc: "linux-atm-general@lists.sourceforge.net" 
	<linux-atm-general@lists.sourceforge.net>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH linux-next] atm: lanai: Use dma_zalloc_coherent()
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 15:37:43 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <913000213dd14e3b9da69270134aafa3@AcuMS.aculab.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202301171721076625091@zte.com.cn>

From: ye.xingchen@zte.com.cn
> Sent: 17 January 2023 09:21
> 
> Instead of using dma_alloc_coherent() and memset() directly use
> dma_zalloc_coherent().

I'm sure I've a brain cell that remembers that dma_alloc_coherent()
always zeros the buffer.
So the 'zalloc' variant isn't needed and the memset() can just
be deleted.
OTOH is it really worth the churn.

	David

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-01-17 15:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-17  9:21 [PATCH linux-next] atm: lanai: Use dma_zalloc_coherent() ye.xingchen
2023-01-17 15:37 ` David Laight [this message]
2023-01-17 18:42   ` Christophe JAILLET

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