linux-kernel - [PATCH] qed: remove unnecessary memset in qed_init_fw

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Date:   Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:31:53 +0800
From:   Wan Jiabing <wanjiabing@...o.com>
To:     Ariel Elior <aelior@...vell.com>,
        Manish Chopra <manishc@...vell.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Wan Jiabing <wanjiabing@...o.com>
Subject: [PATCH] qed: remove unnecessary memset in qed_init_fw_funcs

allocated_mem is allocated by kcalloc(). The memory is set to zero.
It is unnecessary to call memset again.

Signed-off-by: Wan Jiabing <wanjiabing@...o.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_init_fw_funcs.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_init_fw_funcs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_init_fw_funcs.c
index 0ce37f2460a4..407029a36fa1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_init_fw_funcs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_init_fw_funcs.c
@@ -1835,8 +1835,6 @@ struct phys_mem_desc *qed_fw_overlay_mem_alloc(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn,
 	if (!allocated_mem)
 		return NULL;
 
-	memset(allocated_mem, 0, NUM_STORMS * sizeof(struct phys_mem_desc));
-
 	/* For each Storm, set physical address in RAM */
 	while (buf_offset < buf_size) {
 		struct phys_mem_desc *storm_mem_desc;
-- 
2.35.1