linux-kernel - Re: [patch] [SCSI] csiostor: remove unneeded memset()

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Date:	Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:45:00 +0530
From:	Naresh Kumar Inna <naresh@...lsio.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	"James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...allels.com>,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] [SCSI] csiostor: remove unneeded memset()

On 11/27/2012 11:03 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> No need to memset() this when we just copy over it on the next line.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_lnode.c b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_lnode.c
> index 551959e..8b54976 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_lnode.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_lnode.c
> @@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ csio_append_attrib(uint8_t **ptr, uint16_t type, uint8_t *val, uint16_t len)
>  	len += 4;		/* includes attribute type and length */
>  	len = (len + 3) & ~3;	/* should be multiple of 4 bytes */
>  	ae->len = htons(len);
> -	memset(ae->value, 0, len - 4);
>  	memcpy(ae->value, val, len);
>  	*ptr += len;
>  }
> 

Acked-by: Naresh Kumar Inna <naresh@...lsio.com>

Thanks,
Naresh.

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