linux-kernel - [PATCH] visornic: use skb_put_zero() instead of open-coded version

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Date:   Fri, 15 Feb 2019 19:16:16 +0100
From:   Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
To:     David Kershner <david.kershner@...sys.com>,
        sparmaintainer@...sys.com, jannh@...gle.com
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] visornic: use skb_put_zero() instead of open-coded version

Replace an open-coded version of skb_put_zero() with a call to the helper.
This is a cleanup and is also useful for potentially adding KASAN
integration to SKBs in the future.

Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
---
 drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
index 5eeb4b93b45b..1c1a470d2e50 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
@@ -896,9 +896,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t visornic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	    ((skb_end_pointer(skb) - skb->data) >= ETH_MIN_PACKET_SIZE)) {
 		/* pad the packet out to minimum size */
 		padlen = ETH_MIN_PACKET_SIZE - len;
-		memset(&skb->data[len], 0, padlen);
-		skb->tail += padlen;
-		skb->len += padlen;
+		skb_put_zero(skb, padlen);
 		len += padlen;
 		firstfraglen += padlen;
 	}
-- 
2.21.0.rc0.258.g878e2cd30e-goog