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-rw-r--r--fs/char_dev.c7
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index 5c36345c9bf..8c6eb04d31e 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -146,12 +146,10 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
int ret = 0;
int i;
- cd = kmalloc(sizeof(struct char_device_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
+ cd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct char_device_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
if (cd == NULL)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- memset(cd, 0, sizeof(struct char_device_struct));
-
mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
/* temporary */
@@ -466,9 +464,8 @@ static struct kobj_type ktype_cdev_dynamic = {
struct cdev *cdev_alloc(void)
{
- struct cdev *p = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cdev), GFP_KERNEL);
+ struct cdev *p = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cdev), GFP_KERNEL);
if (p) {
- memset(p, 0, sizeof(struct cdev));
p->kobj.ktype = &ktype_cdev_dynamic;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->list);
kobject_init(&p->kobj);