linux-kernel - [PATCH V3] staging: r8188eu: Drop redundant memset overwritten by memcpy

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Date:   Wed, 1 Jun 2022 19:49:24 +0800
From:   Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>
To:     <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     <baihaowen@...zu.com>, <larry.finger@...inger.net>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev>,
        <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
Subject: [PATCH V3] staging: r8188eu: Drop redundant memset overwritten by memcpy

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>
---
V1->V2: change title for unique subjects.
V2->V3: merge 1 patch with both changes.

 drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c | 1 -
 drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c      | 2 --
 2 files changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c
index 7ba75f73e47e..17f6bcbeebf4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ u8 rtw_do_join(struct adapter *padapter)
 
 				pibss = padapter->registrypriv.dev_network.MacAddress;
 
-				memset(&pdev_network->Ssid, 0, sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_ssid));
 				memcpy(&pdev_network->Ssid, &pmlmepriv->assoc_ssid, sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_ssid));
 
 				rtw_update_registrypriv_dev_network(padapter);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
index 5a815642c3f6..56c8bd5f4c60 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
@@ -676,7 +676,6 @@ void rtw_surveydone_event_callback(struct adapter	*adapter, u8 *pbuf)
 
 					_clr_fwstate_(pmlmepriv, _FW_UNDER_SURVEY);
 
-					memset(&pdev_network->Ssid, 0, sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_ssid));
 					memcpy(&pdev_network->Ssid, &pmlmepriv->assoc_ssid, sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_ssid));
 
 					rtw_update_registrypriv_dev_network(adapter);
@@ -1253,7 +1252,6 @@ void rtw_stadel_event_callback(struct adapter *adapter, u8 *pbuf)
 
 			memcpy(pdev_network, &tgt_network->network, get_wlan_bssid_ex_sz(&tgt_network->network));
 
-			memset(&pdev_network->Ssid, 0, sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_ssid));
 			memcpy(&pdev_network->Ssid, &pmlmepriv->assoc_ssid, sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_ssid));
 
 			rtw_update_registrypriv_dev_network(adapter);
-- 
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