[PATCH] fbdev: remove unnecessary memset in vfb
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From: Marcin Chojnacki <hidden>
Date: 2015-06-18 13:02:41
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Subsystem:
framebuffer layer, the rest · Maintainers:
Helge Deller, Linus Torvalds
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 <redacted> --- drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c | 8 -------- 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c
index 70a897b..b2d38b7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c@@ -490,14 +490,6 @@ 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;
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