linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] staging: brcm80211: Remove unnecessary memset(,0,)

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Date:	Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:21:19 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Brett Rudley <brudley@...adcom.com>,
	Henry Ptasinski <henryp@...adcom.com>,
	Dowan Kim <dowan@...adcom.com>,
	Roland Vossen <rvossen@...adcom.com>,
	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] staging: brcm80211: Remove unnecessary memset(,0,)

kzalloc'd memory doesn't need a memset to 0.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
index 991463f..2af0d6a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
@@ -703,7 +703,6 @@ wl_run_iscan(struct wl_iscan_ctrl *iscan, struct wlc_ssid *ssid, u16 action)
 	params = kzalloc(params_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (unlikely(!params))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memset(params, 0, params_size);
 	BUG_ON(unlikely(params_size >= WLC_IOCTL_SMLEN));
 
 	wl_iscan_prep(&params->params, ssid);
-- 
1.7.3.3.398.g0b0cd.dirty

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