net: clear heap allocation for ethtool_get_regs()

From: Eugene Teo
Date: Mon Jan 24 2011 - 23:49:32 EST


There is a conflict between commit b00916b1 and a77f5db3. This patch resolves
the conflict by clearing the heap allocation in ethtool_get_regs().

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 1774178..ff23029 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ static int ethtool_get_regs(struct net_device *dev, char __user *useraddr)
if (regs.len > reglen)
regs.len = reglen;

- regbuf = vmalloc(reglen);
+ regbuf = vzalloc(reglen);
if (!regbuf)
return -ENOMEM;

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