linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: wlags49_h2: remove unneeded memset() in wireless_get

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Date:	Tue,  4 Dec 2012 21:08:36 +0100
From:	Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, pe1dnn@...at.org,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, jkosina@...e.cz,
	yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn, standby24x7@...il.com,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: wlags49_h2: remove unneeded memset() in wireless_get_bssid()

A few lines after this call, we memcpy over the same memory area, so the call to
memset is not necessary.

Signed-off-by: Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_wext.c |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_wext.c b/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_wext.c
index f553366..c731ff2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_wext.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_wext.c
@@ -796,8 +796,6 @@ static int wireless_get_bssid(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_request_info *in
 
     	wl_act_int_off( lp );
 
-	memset( &ap_addr->sa_data, 0, ETH_ALEN );
-
 	ap_addr->sa_family = ARPHRD_ETHER;
 
 	/* Assume AP mode here, which means the BSSID is our own MAC address. In
-- 
1.7.10.4

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