netdev - [PATCH 6/8] smc9194: Remove unnecessary memset of netdev private data

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Date:	Thu,  6 May 2010 17:41:31 +0200
From:	Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] smc9194: Remove unnecessary memset of netdev private data

The memory for the private data is allocated using kzalloc in
alloc_etherdev (or alloc_netdev_mq respectively) so there is no need to
set it to 0 again.

Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>
---
 drivers/net/smc9194.c |    3 ---
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/smc9194.c b/drivers/net/smc9194.c
index e94521c..d76c815 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smc9194.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smc9194.c
@@ -1042,9 +1042,6 @@ static int __init smc_probe(struct net_device *dev, int ioaddr)
 	*/
 	printk("ADDR: %pM\n", dev->dev_addr);
 
-	/* set the private data to zero by default */
-	memset(netdev_priv(dev), 0, sizeof(struct smc_local));
-
 	/* Grab the IRQ */
       	retval = request_irq(dev->irq, smc_interrupt, 0, DRV_NAME, dev);
       	if (retval) {
-- 
1.6.3.3

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