alloc_bootmem and related functions never return NULL and always return a zeroed region of memory. Thus a BUG_ON the NULL test or memset after calls to these functions is unnecessary.
The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used for making the change: @@ expression E; statement S; @@ E = \(alloc_bootmem\|alloc_bootmem_low\|alloc_bootmem_pages\|alloc_bootmem_low_pages\)(...) ... when != E - BUG_ON (E == NULL); @@ expression E,E1; @@ E = \(alloc_bootmem\|alloc_bootmem_low\|alloc_bootmem_pages\|alloc_bootmem_low_pages\)(...) ... when != E - memset(E,0,E1); Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi <himangi...@gmail.com> Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.law...@lip6.fr> --- arch/x86/platform/olpc/olpc_dt.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/olpc/olpc_dt.c b/arch/x86/platform/olpc/olpc_dt.c index d6ee929..280645d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/platform/olpc/olpc_dt.c +++ b/arch/x86/platform/olpc/olpc_dt.c @@ -142,9 +142,7 @@ void * __init prom_early_alloc(unsigned long size) * wasted bootmem) and hand off chunks of it to callers. */ res = alloc_bootmem(chunk_size); - BUG_ON(!res); prom_early_allocated += chunk_size; - memset(res, 0, chunk_size); free_mem = chunk_size; mem = res; } -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/