1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/snsc.c b/drivers/char/snsc.c
index 0e7d216e7eb0..b543821d8cb4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/snsc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/snsc.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
  * for more details.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 /*
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ scdrv_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         scd = container_of(inode->i_cdev, struct sysctl_data_s, scd_cdev);
 
         /* allocate memory for subchannel data */
-        sd = kmalloc(sizeof (struct subch_data_s), GFP_KERNEL);
+        sd = kzalloc(sizeof (struct subch_data_s), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (sd == NULL) {
                 printk("%s: couldn't allocate subchannel data\n",
                        __FUNCTION__);
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ scdrv_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         }
 
         /* initialize subch_data_s fields */
-        memset(sd, 0, sizeof (struct subch_data_s));
         sd->sd_nasid = scd->scd_nasid;
         sd->sd_subch = ia64_sn_irtr_open(scd->scd_nasid);
 
@@ -394,7 +393,7 @@ scdrv_init(void)
                         sprintf(devnamep, "#%d", geo_slab(geoid));
 
                         /* allocate sysctl device data */
-                        scd = kmalloc(sizeof (struct sysctl_data_s),
+                        scd = kzalloc(sizeof (struct sysctl_data_s),
                                       GFP_KERNEL);
                         if (!scd) {
                                 printk("%s: failed to allocate device info"
@@ -402,7 +401,6 @@ scdrv_init(void)
                                        SYSCTL_BASENAME, devname);
                                 continue;
                         }
-                        memset(scd, 0, sizeof (struct sysctl_data_s));
 
                         /* initialize sysctl device data fields */
                         scd->scd_nasid = cnodeid_to_nasid(cnode);