linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove memset before memcpy

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Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2017 09:19:06 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        insafonov@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        hdegoede@...hat.com, Larry.Finger@...inger.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove memset before memcpy

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 01:43:31AM +0530, Himanshu Jha wrote:
> calling memcpy immediately after memset with the same region of memory
> makes memset redundant.
> 
> Build successfully.
> 

Thanks for the patch, it looks good.  You don't need to say that it
builds successfully, because we already assume that's true.

> Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
> ---

Sometimes I put a comment here under the cut off line if I want people
to know that I haven't tested a patch.

Anyway, don't resend the patch.  It's fine as-is (unless Greg
complains) but it's just for future reference.

regards,
dan carpenter