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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c3
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c
index c492cee90e0f..6444eaa30a2f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static void parse_system_parameter_string(struct seq_file *m)
} else {
int splpar_strlen;
int idx, w_idx;
- char *workbuffer = kmalloc(SPLPAR_MAXLENGTH, GFP_KERNEL);
+ char *workbuffer = kzalloc(SPLPAR_MAXLENGTH, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!workbuffer) {
printk(KERN_ERR "%s %s kmalloc failure at line %d \n",
__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ static void parse_system_parameter_string(struct seq_file *m)
splpar_strlen = local_buffer[0] * 256 + local_buffer[1];
local_buffer += 2; /* step over strlen value */
- memset(workbuffer, 0, SPLPAR_MAXLENGTH);
w_idx = 0;
idx = 0;
while ((*local_buffer) && (idx < splpar_strlen)) {