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From: Denis Vlasenko <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
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To: Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] PnP BIOS cleanups (4/4)
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 08:36:59 +0200
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On 2 February 2003 22:36, Adam Belay wrote:
> This patch cleans up device inserting and disabling.
>
>
> --- a/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c	Sun Feb  2 18:43:34 2003
> +++ b/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c	Sun Feb  2 19:19:13 2003
> @@ -236,6 +236,7 @@
>  	void *p = kmalloc( size, f );
>  	if ( p == NULL )
>  		printk(KERN_ERR "PnPBIOS: kmalloc() failed\n");
> +	memset(p, 0, size);
>  	return p;
>  }

Erm... so you can memset an area pointed by a NULL pointer here?
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