call to memset to assign 0 value immediately after allocating
memory with kzalloc is unnecesaary as kzalloc allocates the memory
filled with 0 value.
Semantic patch used to resolve this issue:
@@
expression e,e2; constant c;
statement S;
@@
e = kzalloc(e2, c);
if(e == NULL) S
- memset(e, 0, e2);
Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <redacted>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
index eaca457..8f6ccc0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
@@ -1244,7 +1244,6 @@ int qed_dcbx_get_config_params(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn,
if (!dcbx_info)
return -ENOMEM;
- memset(dcbx_info, 0, sizeof(*dcbx_info));
rc = qed_dcbx_query_params(p_hwfn, dcbx_info, QED_DCBX_OPERATIONAL_MIB);
if (rc) {
kfree(dcbx_info);--
2.7.4
-----Original Message-----
From: Himanshu Jha [mailto:himanshujha199640@gmail.com]
Sent: 12 September 2017 16:49
To: Mintz, Yuval <redacted>
Cc: Elior, Ariel <redacted>; Dept-Eng Everest Linux L2 <redacted>; netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Himanshu Jha <redacted>
Subject: [PATCH] qed: remove unnecessary call to memset
call to memset to assign 0 value immediately after allocating memory with kzalloc is unnecesaary as kzalloc allocates the memory filled with 0 value.
Semantic patch used to resolve this issue:
@@
expression e,e2; constant c;
statement S;
@@
e = kzalloc(e2, c);
if(e == NULL) S
- memset(e, 0, e2);
Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <redacted>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
index eaca457..8f6ccc0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
@@ -1244,7 +1244,6 @@ int qed_dcbx_get_config_params(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn,
if (!dcbx_info)
return -ENOMEM;
- memset(dcbx_info, 0, sizeof(*dcbx_info));
rc = qed_dcbx_query_params(p_hwfn, dcbx_info, QED_DCBX_OPERATIONAL_MIB);
if (rc) {
kfree(dcbx_info);
--2.7.4
Acked-by: Sudarsana Kalluru <redacted>
From: Himanshu Jha <redacted>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:49:22 +0530
call to memset to assign 0 value immediately after allocating
memory with kzalloc is unnecesaary as kzalloc allocates the memory
filled with 0 value.
Semantic patch used to resolve this issue:
@@
expression e,e2; constant c;
statement S;
@@
e = kzalloc(e2, c);
if(e == NULL) S
- memset(e, 0, e2);
Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <redacted>
Applied.