On Sunday, December 31, 2017 05:55:57 PM Himanshu Jha wrote:

Use vzalloc for allocating zeroed memory and remove unnecessary
memset function.

Done using Coccinelle.
Generated-by: scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci

Use of "Generated-by:" triggers checkpatch.pl warning + error:

WARNING: Non-standard signature: Generated-by:
#8: 
Generated-by: scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci

ERROR: Unrecognized email address: 'scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci'
#8: 
Generated-by: scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci

I've changed it to "Generate-by" to silence checkpatch.pl.

0-day tested with no failures.

Suggested-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <redacted>

Patch queued for 4.16, thanks.

Best regards,
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics