linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/7] x86, microcode, AMD: Remove unneeded memset call

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Date:	Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:29:02 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
To:	<x86@...nel.org>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] x86, microcode, AMD: Remove unneeded memset call

From: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>

collect_cpu_info_amd() clears its csig arg but this is done in the
microcode_core's collect_cpu_info() by clearing the embedding struct
ucode_cpu_info. Drop it.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Acked-by: Andreas Herrmann <Andreas.Herrmann3@....com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
index 8b58fc1..274fa40 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ static int collect_cpu_info_amd(int cpu, struct cpu_signature *csig)
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
 	u32 dummy;
 
-	memset(csig, 0, sizeof(*csig));
 	if (c->x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD || c->x86 < 0x10) {
 		pr_warning("microcode: CPU%d: AMD CPU family 0x%x not "
 			   "supported\n", cpu, c->x86);
-- 
1.7.4.rc2

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