linux-kernel - [PATCH] sysctl: minor cleanup in new

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Date:   Sun, 24 Apr 2022 21:28:54 +0300
From:   Vasily Averin <vvs@...nvz.org>
To:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@...gle.com>, kernel@...nvz.org
Subject: [PATCH] sysctl: minor cleanup in new_dir()

Byte zeroing is not required here, since memory was allocated by kzalloc()

Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@...nvz.org>
---
 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 7d9cfc730bd4..094c24e010ae 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -978,7 +978,6 @@ static struct ctl_dir *new_dir(struct ctl_table_set *set,
 	table = (struct ctl_table *)(node + 1);
 	new_name = (char *)(table + 2);
 	memcpy(new_name, name, namelen);
-	new_name[namelen] = '\0';
 	table[0].procname = new_name;
 	table[0].mode = S_IFDIR|S_IRUGO|S_IXUGO;
 	init_header(&new->header, set->dir.header.root, set, node, table);
-- 
2.25.1