linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] kallsyms: remove unneeded memset() calls

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Date:   Mon,  4 Feb 2019 10:53:17 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        nixiaoming <nixiaoming@...wei.com>,
        Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
        Cao jin <caoj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] kallsyms: remove unneeded memset() calls

Global variables in the .bss section are zeroed out before the program
starts to run.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
---

 scripts/kallsyms.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index fc00bb0..f1b5749 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -596,9 +596,6 @@ static void insert_real_symbols_in_table(void)
 {
 	unsigned int i, j, c;
 
-	memset(best_table, 0, sizeof(best_table));
-	memset(best_table_len, 0, sizeof(best_table_len));
-
 	for (i = 0; i < table_cnt; i++) {
 		for (j = 0; j < table[i].len; j++) {
 			c = table[i].sym[j];
-- 
2.7.4