linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: Drop redundant memset

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Message-ID: <1650532843-28132-1-git-send-email-baihaowen@meizu.com>
Date:   Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:20:43 +0800
From:   Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>, <linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: Drop redundant memset

The region set by the call to memset is immediately overwritten by the
subsequent call to memcpy. So we drop redundant memset.

Signed-off-by: Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>
---
 drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/mlme_linux.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/mlme_linux.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/mlme_linux.c
index 72ad9700130e..899d8e9c3834 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/mlme_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/mlme_linux.c
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ void rtw_reset_securitypriv(struct adapter *adapter)
 		/*  We have to backup the PMK information for WiFi PMK Caching test item. */
 		/*  Backup the btkip_countermeasure information. */
 		/*  When the countermeasure is trigger, the driver have to disconnect with AP for 60 seconds. */
-		memset(&backup_pmkid[0], 0x00, sizeof(struct rt_pmkid_list) * NUM_PMKID_CACHE);
 		memcpy(&backup_pmkid[0], &adapter->securitypriv.PMKIDList[0], sizeof(struct rt_pmkid_list) * NUM_PMKID_CACHE);
 		backup_index = adapter->securitypriv.PMKIDIndex;
 		backup_counter = adapter->securitypriv.btkip_countermeasure;
-- 
2.7.4