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authorJoe Jin <joe.jin@oracle.com>2007-02-05 18:08:47 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-02-08 12:38:55 -0800
commit919afbd68863550665b328a78107bc2919c5e3f4 (patch)
treef5790141add34749592249db1db8b26f6f2a2e74 /drivers/net/slip.c
parent97353cb4c05c2edf260e9d1b19a29d3cc0060a09 (diff)
[NET] slip: Replace kmalloc() + memset() pairs with the appropriate kzalloc() calls
This patch replace kmalloc() + memset() pairs with the appropriate kzalloc(). Signed-off-by: Joe Jin <joe.jin@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/slip.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/slip.c5
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/slip.c b/drivers/net/slip.c
index a0806d262fc..2f4b1de7a2b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/slip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/slip.c
@@ -1343,15 +1343,12 @@ static int __init slip_init(void)
printk(KERN_INFO "SLIP linefill/keepalive option.\n");
#endif
- slip_devs = kmalloc(sizeof(struct net_device *)*slip_maxdev, GFP_KERNEL);
+ slip_devs = kzalloc(sizeof(struct net_device *)*slip_maxdev, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!slip_devs) {
printk(KERN_ERR "SLIP: Can't allocate slip devices array! Uaargh! (-> No SLIP available)\n");
return -ENOMEM;
}
- /* Clear the pointer array, we allocate devices when we need them */
- memset(slip_devs, 0, sizeof(struct net_device *)*slip_maxdev);
-
/* Fill in our line protocol discipline, and register it */
if ((status = tty_register_ldisc(N_SLIP, &sl_ldisc)) != 0) {
printk(KERN_ERR "SLIP: can't register line discipline (err = %d)\n", status);