linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove redundant and incorrect memset()

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Date:	Fri, 4 Oct 2013 19:33:10 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Roy Franz <roy.franz@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	matt.fleming@...el.com, hpa@...or.com, msalter@...hat.com,
	patches@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove redundant and incorrect memset()


* Roy Franz <roy.franz@...aro.org> wrote:

> Remove a redundant memset() call from efi_relocate_kernel() that
> was clearing memory that would be used by BSS in non-compressed
> images loaded with this function.  This clear was redundant with
> the clearing done in the image itself, and also implemented incorrectly
> with a 0 length.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roy Franz <roy.franz@...aro.org>
> Acked-by: Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>

Note the title:

   [PATCH] Remove redundant and incorrect memset()

if it's both redundant *and* incorrect then the other memset() must be 
incorrect too and must be removed as well ;-)

I suspect you wanted the title to say:

   [PATCH] Remove redundant memset()

?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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