linux-kernel - [PATCH] drivers: tty: Remove redundant memset() in initialize_tty

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Date:	Thu, 10 Jul 2014 18:16:24 +0200
From:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Subject: [PATCH] drivers: tty: Remove redundant memset() in initialize_tty_struct

All callers (all two) of initialize_tty_struct() have just obtained
the passed tty_struct from alloc_tty_struct(), which uses
kzalloc(). So there is no reason to clear the memory again.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 3411071..8199a4e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -3015,7 +3015,6 @@ static struct device *tty_get_device(struct tty_struct *tty)
 void initialize_tty_struct(struct tty_struct *tty,
 		struct tty_driver *driver, int idx)
 {
-	memset(tty, 0, sizeof(struct tty_struct));
 	kref_init(&tty->kref);
 	tty->magic = TTY_MAGIC;
 	tty_ldisc_init(tty);
-- 
1.9.2

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