linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 2/3] bna: Remove unnecessary memset(,0,)

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Message-ID: <E5313AF6F2BFD14293E5FD0F94750F86A5CFF6C4A8@HQ1-EXCH01.corp.brocade.com>
Date:	Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:55:25 -0800
From:	Rasesh Mody <rmody@...cade.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Debashis Dutt <ddutt@...cade.COM>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/3] bna: Remove unnecessary memset(,0,)


>From: Joe Perches [mailto:joe@...ches.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 1:21 PM
>
>kzalloc'd memory doesn't need a memset to 0.
>
>Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>

Acked-by: Rasesh Mody <rmody@...cade.com>

>---
> drivers/net/bna/bnad_ethtool.c |    1 -
> 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/bna/bnad_ethtool.c
>b/drivers/net/bna/bnad_ethtool.c
>index 99be5ae..142d604 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/bna/bnad_ethtool.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/bna/bnad_ethtool.c
>@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ bnad_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev, struct
>ethtool_drvinfo *drvinfo)
>
> 	ioc_attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*ioc_attr), GFP_KERNEL);
> 	if (ioc_attr) {
>-		memset(ioc_attr, 0, sizeof(*ioc_attr));
> 		spin_lock_irqsave(&bnad->bna_lock, flags);
> 		bfa_nw_ioc_get_attr(&bnad->bna.device.ioc, ioc_attr);
> 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bnad->bna_lock, flags);
>--
>1.7.3.3.398.g0b0cd.dirty

Joe,
Patch looks ok to me.
Thanks,
Rasesh
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