From 4d8df0f5f79f747d75a7d356d9b9ea40a4e4c8a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Prathu Baronia Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 14:20:19 +0530 Subject: 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 --- drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/vhost') diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c index 074273020849..ecb3b397bb38 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; -- cgit v1.2.3