linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.7 52/60] dyndbg: prefer declarative init in caller, to memset in callee

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Date:   Sat, 15 Aug 2020 19:07:15 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>, jbaron@...mai.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.7 52/60] dyndbg: prefer declarative init in
 caller, to memset in callee

On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 07:13:32AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 03:10:20PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> From: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
>>
>> [ Upstream commit 9c9d0acbe2793315fa6945a19685ad2a51fb281b ]
>>
>> ddebug_exec_query declares an auto var, and passes it to
>> ddebug_parse_query, which memsets it before using it.  Drop that
>> memset, instead initialize the variable in the caller; let the
>> compiler decide how to do it.
>>
>> Acked-by: <jbaron@...mai.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200719231058.1586423-10-jim.cromie@gmail.com
>> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
>> ---
>>  lib/dynamic_debug.c | 3 +--
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
>> index e3755d1f74bd2..4f0bd560478f7 100644
>> --- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
>> +++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
>> @@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ static int ddebug_parse_query(char *words[], int nwords,
>>  		pr_err("expecting pairs of match-spec <value>\n");
>>  		return -EINVAL;
>>  	}
>> -	memset(query, 0, sizeof(*query));
>>
>>  	if (modname)
>>  		/* support $modname.dyndbg=<multiple queries> */
>> @@ -445,7 +444,7 @@ static int ddebug_parse_flags(const char *str, unsigned int *flagsp,
>>  static int ddebug_exec_query(char *query_string, const char *modname)
>>  {
>>  	unsigned int flags = 0, mask = 0;
>> -	struct ddebug_query query;
>> +	struct ddebug_query query = {};
>>  #define MAXWORDS 9
>>  	int nwords, nfound;
>>  	char *words[MAXWORDS];
>> --
>> 2.25.1
>>
>
>There's no need for this in stable kernels, please drop it from
>everywhere.

Dropped, thanks!

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha