sg_init_table zeroes its first argument, so the allocation of that argument doesn't have to.
the semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression x,n,flags; @@ x = - kcalloc + kmalloc_array (n,sizeof(*x),flags) ... sg_init_table(x,n) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia.law...@inria.fr> --- drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -u -p a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c --- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c @@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ static struct scatterlist *alloc_sgtable struct scatterlist *table; nents = DIV_ROUND_UP(size, PAGE_SIZE); - table = kcalloc(nents, sizeof(*table), GFP_KERNEL); + table = kmalloc_array(nents, sizeof(*table), GFP_KERNEL); if (!table) return NULL; sg_init_table(table, nents);
