Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers:net: Convert dma_alloc_coherent(...__GFP_ZERO) to dma_zalloc_coherent

From: Jesse Brandeburg <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:34:33 -0700

On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:45:23 -0700
Joe Perches <[email-masked]> wrote:

> __GFP_ZERO is an uncommon flag and perhaps is better
> not used.  static inline dma_zalloc_coherent exists
> so convert the uses of dma_alloc_coherent with __GFP_ZERO
> to the more common kernel style with zalloc.
> 
> Remove memset from the static inline dma_zalloc_coherent
> and add just one use of __GFP_ZERO instead.
> 
> Trivially reduces the size of the existing uses of
> dma_zalloc_coherent.
> 
> Realign arguments as appropriate.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email-masked]>

e1000 and ixgb bits:

Acked-by: Jesse Brandeburg <[email-masked]>