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offb: use framebuffer_alloc() to allocate fb_info struct

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Krzysztof Helt May 4, 2009, 5:07 p.m. UTC
From: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>

Use the framebuffer_alloc() function to allocate the fb_info
structure so the structure is correctly initialized after allocation.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>
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Benjamin Herrenschmidt May 15, 2009, 6:28 a.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 19:07 +0200, Krzysztof Helt wrote:
> From: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>
> 
> Use the framebuffer_alloc() function to allocate the fb_info
> structure so the structure is correctly initialized after allocation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>

Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
---

> ---
> 
> diff -urp linux-orig/drivers/video/offb.c linux-2.6.30/drivers/video/offb.c
> --- linux-orig/drivers/video/offb.c	2008-08-09 05:09:05.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.30/drivers/video/offb.c	2009-05-04 00:14:28.000000000 +0200
> @@ -378,7 +378,6 @@ static void __init offb_init_fb(const ch
>  	struct fb_fix_screeninfo *fix;
>  	struct fb_var_screeninfo *var;
>  	struct fb_info *info;
> -	int size;
>  
>  	if (!request_mem_region(res_start, res_size, "offb"))
>  		return;
> @@ -393,15 +392,12 @@ static void __init offb_init_fb(const ch
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> -	size = sizeof(struct fb_info) + sizeof(u32) * 16;
> -
> -	info = kmalloc(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
> +	info = framebuffer_alloc(sizeof(u32) * 16, NULL);
>  	
>  	if (info == 0) {
>  		release_mem_region(res_start, res_size);
>  		return;
>  	}
> -	memset(info, 0, size);
>  
>  	fix = &info->fix;
>  	var = &info->var;
> 
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diff -urp linux-orig/drivers/video/offb.c linux-2.6.30/drivers/video/offb.c
--- linux-orig/drivers/video/offb.c	2008-08-09 05:09:05.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.30/drivers/video/offb.c	2009-05-04 00:14:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -378,7 +378,6 @@  static void __init offb_init_fb(const ch
 	struct fb_fix_screeninfo *fix;
 	struct fb_var_screeninfo *var;
 	struct fb_info *info;
-	int size;
 
 	if (!request_mem_region(res_start, res_size, "offb"))
 		return;
@@ -393,15 +392,12 @@  static void __init offb_init_fb(const ch
 		return;
 	}
 
-	size = sizeof(struct fb_info) + sizeof(u32) * 16;
-
-	info = kmalloc(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	info = framebuffer_alloc(sizeof(u32) * 16, NULL);
 	
 	if (info == 0) {
 		release_mem_region(res_start, res_size);
 		return;
 	}
-	memset(info, 0, size);
 
 	fix = &info->fix;
 	var = &info->var;