From: Prathu Baronia Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 08:50:19 +0000 (+0530) Subject: vhost: use kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() followed by memset() X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4d8df0f5f79f747d75a7d356d9b9ea40a4e4c8a9;p=linux.git vhost: use kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() followed by memset() Use kzalloc() to allocate new zeroed out msg node instead of memsetting a node allocated with kmalloc(). Signed-off-by: Prathu Baronia Message-Id: <20230522085019.42914-1-prathubaronia2011@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella --- diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c index 0742730208495..ecb3b397bb388 100644 --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c @@ -2563,12 +2563,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_disable_notify); /* Create a new message. */ struct vhost_msg_node *vhost_new_msg(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, int type) { - struct vhost_msg_node *node = kmalloc(sizeof *node, GFP_KERNEL); + /* Make sure all padding within the structure is initialized. */ + struct vhost_msg_node *node = kzalloc(sizeof(*node), GFP_KERNEL); if (!node) return NULL; - /* Make sure all padding within the structure is initialized. */ - memset(&node->msg, 0, sizeof node->msg); node->vq = vq; node->msg.type = type; return node;