linux-kernel - [PATCH 22/28] iio: magnetometer: af8133j: use = { } instead of memset()

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Message-Id: <20250611-iio-zero-init-stack-with-instead-of-memset-v1-22-ebb2d0a24302@baylibre.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:39:14 -0500
From: David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>
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 David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>
Subject: [PATCH 22/28] iio: magnetometer: af8133j: use = { } instead of
 memset()

Use { } instead of memset() to zero-initialize stack memory to simplify
the code.

Signed-off-by: David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>
---
 drivers/iio/magnetometer/af8133j.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/af8133j.c b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/af8133j.c
index 192ba2da94e299d9a223a33bf15f9d6e6c29f6c7..b1768c3aa8f33c6e95e770a27f55cb357e6ac6f4 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/af8133j.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/af8133j.c
@@ -361,11 +361,9 @@ static irqreturn_t af8133j_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
 	struct {
 		__le16 values[3];
 		aligned_s64 timestamp;
-	} sample;
+	} sample = { };
 	int ret;
 
-	memset(&sample, 0, sizeof(sample));
-
 	ret = af8133j_read_measurement(data, sample.values);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_done;

-- 
2.43.0