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| author | Marcin Chojnacki <marcinch7@gmail.com> | 2015-06-18 15:01:52 +0200 |
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| committer | Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com> | 2015-08-20 12:03:53 +0300 |
| commit | c0a3229313d6931a77e0c1e1c22e398c0312bf6f (patch) | |
| tree | 80e82e8a1e738bb3b169fd2f67904291e8c9702f /drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c | |
| parent | 48fd8ecf29e3c1199432e173858f5ca4bc529738 (diff) | |
| download | linux-c0a3229313d6931a77e0c1e1c22e398c0312bf6f.tar.bz2 | |
fbdev: remove unnecessary memset in vfb
In vfb_probe memory is allocated using rvmalloc which automatically
sets the allocated memory to zero. This patch removes the second
unnecessary memset in vfb_probe.
Signed-off-by: Marcin Chojnacki <marcinch7@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c index 70a897b1e458..b9c2f81fb6b9 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c @@ -51,7 +51,14 @@ static void *rvmalloc(unsigned long size) if (!mem) return NULL; - memset(mem, 0, size); /* Clear the ram out, no junk to the user */ + /* + * VFB must clear memory to prevent kernel info + * leakage into userspace + * VGA-based drivers MUST NOT clear memory if + * they want to be able to take over vgacon + */ + + memset(mem, 0, size); adr = (unsigned long) mem; while (size > 0) { SetPageReserved(vmalloc_to_page((void *)adr)); @@ -490,14 +497,6 @@ static int vfb_probe(struct platform_device *dev) if (!(videomemory = rvmalloc(videomemorysize))) return retval; - /* - * VFB must clear memory to prevent kernel info - * leakage into userspace - * VGA-based drivers MUST NOT clear memory if - * they want to be able to take over vgacon - */ - memset(videomemory, 0, videomemorysize); - info = framebuffer_alloc(sizeof(u32) * 256, &dev->dev); if (!info) goto err; |