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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:41:22 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@marvell.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net v1] octeontx2-af: Initialize bitmap arrays.
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On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 12:04:14PM +0530, Ratheesh Kannoth wrote:
> kmalloc_array() without __GFP_ZERO flag does not initializes
> memory to zero.  This causes issues with bitmap. Use __GFP_ZERO
> to fix the issue.
> 
> Fixes: dd7842878633 ("octeontx2-af: Add new devlink param to configure maximum usable NIX block LFs")
> Signed-off-by: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@marvell.com>
> 
> ChangeLogs:
> v0 -> v1: Removed devm_kcalloc()._

Hi Ratheesh,

sorry for missing this in my first review,
but perhaps it is better to use bitmap_zalloc() and bitmap_free()
as suggested by Brett Creeley.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/cf035125-d7fb-4423-8f64-a5be7505243d@amd.com/