linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/ibmveth.c: memset fix

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Message-ID: <46B78814.50508@pobox.com>
Date:	Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:44:04 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
CC:	Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@...land.pl>, santil@...ibm.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/ibmveth.c: memset fix

Brian King wrote:
> Mariusz Kozlowski wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> 	Looks like memset() is zeroing wrong nr of bytes.
> 
> Good catch, however, I think we can just remove this memset altogether
> since the memory gets allocated via kzalloc.

Correct, that memset() is superfluous.

	Jeff



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