linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] drm: use mem_is_zero() instead of !memchr

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Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 16:19:35 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, 
	intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, 
	Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] drm: use mem_is_zero() instead of !memchr_inv(s, 0, n)

On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 12:43 PM Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com> wrote:
>
> Use the mem_is_zero() helper where possible.

..

> -       if (memchr_inv(guid, 0, 16) == NULL) {
> +       if (mem_is_zero(guid, 16)) {
>                 tmp64 = get_jiffies_64();
>                 memcpy(&guid[0], &tmp64, sizeof(u64));
>                 memcpy(&guid[8], &tmp64, sizeof(u64));

What is the type of guid? Shouldn't it be guid_t with the respective
guid_is_null()

..

> -       if (memchr_inv(guid, 0, 16))
> +       if (!mem_is_zero(guid, 16))
>                 return true;

Ditto.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko