# \[PATCH 69\] drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c: kmalloc + memset conversion to kcalloc

- From: Mariusz Kozlowski \<hidden\>
- Date: 2007-07-31 21:58:55 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2007/07/987874
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/kernel-janitors/2007/07/987695/t/2.md

```text
Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <redacted>

 drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c | 76286 -> 76199 (-87 bytes)

 drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c |    6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.23-rc1-mm1-a/drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c	2007-07-26 13:07:43.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc1-mm1-b/drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c	2007-07-31 13:46:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -779,10 +779,8 @@ static void sbdma_initctx(sbmacdma_t *d,
 	 * And context table
 	 */

-	d->sbdma_ctxtable = (struct sk_buff **)
-		kmalloc(d->sbdma_maxdescr*sizeof(struct sk_buff *), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	memset(d->sbdma_ctxtable,0,d->sbdma_maxdescr*sizeof(struct sk_buff *));
+	d->sbdma_ctxtable = kcalloc(d->sbdma_maxdescr,
+				    sizeof(struct sk_buff *), GFP_KERNEL);

 #ifdef CONFIG_SBMAC_COALESCE
 	/*
```