# \[PATCH\] net: ethernet: broadcom: bcm63xx\_enet: Remove unneeded memset

- From: Hariprasad Kelam \<hidden\>
- Date: 2019-06-30 14:30:00 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2019/06/5644266
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2019/06/5644266/t.md

```text
Remove unneeded memset as alloc_etherdev is using kvzalloc which uses
__GFP_ZERO flag

Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Kelam <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c
index 85e6102..f2dd74c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c
@@ -2659,8 +2659,7 @@ static int bcm_enetsw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	priv = netdev_priv(dev);
-	memset(priv, 0, sizeof(*priv));
-
+
 	/* initialize default and fetch platform data */
 	priv->enet_is_sw = true;
 	priv->irq_rx = irq_rx;
-- 
2.7.4

```