linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: remove memset(0) after LIBCFS

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Message-ID: <20140616082651.GE5500@mwanda>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2014 11:26:52 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Vitaly Osipov <vitaly.osipov@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Peng Tao <bergwolf@...il.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: remove memset(0) after LIBCFS_ALLOC

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 05:29:51PM +1000, Vitaly Osipov wrote:
> Joe Perches mentioned on driverdev-devel that memset after LIBCFS_ALLOC
> is not necessary as it is already done during LIBCFS_ALLOC_POST. This
> commit removes these unnecessary memsets. Based on the results of running 
> a cocci patch along the lines of:
> 
> @@
> expression E1, E2;
> @@
> 
> LIBCFS_ALLOC (E1,E2);
> ...
> - memset(E1,0,E2);
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Osipov <vitaly.osipov@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

regards,
dan carpenter

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