linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] eventpoll: Don't re-zero eventpoll fields

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Message-ID: <20240807-zugeparkt-andacht-adb372d9e470@brauner>
Date: Wed,  7 Aug 2024 16:29:07 +0200
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Joe Damato <jdamato@...tly.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	mkarsten@...terloo.ca,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] eventpoll: Don't re-zero eventpoll fields

On Wed, 07 Aug 2024 10:52:31 +0000, Joe Damato wrote:
> Remove redundant and unnecessary code.
> 
> ep_alloc uses kzalloc to create struct eventpoll, so there is no need to
> set fields to defaults of 0. This was accidentally introduced in commit
> 85455c795c07 ("eventpoll: support busy poll per epoll instance") and
> expanded on in follow-up commits.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.misc.jeff branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.misc.jeff branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.misc.jeff

[1/1] eventpoll: Don't re-zero eventpoll fields
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/394923595c20