Re: brcmfmac: Use zeroing memory allocator than allocator/memset

From: Himanshu Jha
Date: Mon Jan 08 2018 - 13:25:05 EST


On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 05:23:22PM +0000, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Use dma_zalloc_coherent for allocating zeroed
> > memory and remove unnecessary memset function.
> >
> > Done using Coccinelle.
> > Generated-by: scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci
> > 0-day tested with no failures.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Failed to apply:
>
> fatal: corrupt patch at line 29
> error: could not build fake ancestor
> Applying: brcmfmac: Use zeroing memory allocator than allocator/memset
> Patch failed at 0001 brcmfmac: Use zeroing memory allocator than allocator/memset
> The copy of the patch that failed is found in: .git/rebase-apply/patch
>
> Patch set to Changes Requested.

Sorry! That failed because I manually adjusted the arguments to prevent
80 character limit in the patch generated.

I will rebase and send v2 with updates.

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Thanks
Himanshu Jha