linux-kernel - [PATCH 25/28] iio: pressure: mprls0025pa: use = { } instead of memset()

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Message-Id: <20250611-iio-zero-init-stack-with-instead-of-memset-v1-25-ebb2d0a24302@baylibre.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:39:17 -0500
From: David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>
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 David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>
Subject: [PATCH 25/28] iio: pressure: mprls0025pa: use = { } instead of
 memset()

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

The initialize of the cmd value is trivial so it can be moved to the
array initializer as well.

Signed-off-by: David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>
---
 drivers/iio/pressure/mprls0025pa_i2c.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/pressure/mprls0025pa_i2c.c b/drivers/iio/pressure/mprls0025pa_i2c.c
index 1a48f8d43d716b28b8fceb8e1a06d63a73a74a86..79811fd4a02b370b3fde8bd67a5115a3934f8614 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/pressure/mprls0025pa_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/pressure/mprls0025pa_i2c.c
@@ -44,10 +44,7 @@ static int mpr_i2c_write(struct mpr_data *data, const u8 cmd, const u8 unused)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(data->dev);
-	u8 wdata[MPR_PKT_SYNC_LEN];
-
-	memset(wdata, 0, sizeof(wdata));
-	wdata[0] = cmd;
+	u8 wdata[MPR_PKT_SYNC_LEN] = { cmd };
 
 	ret = i2c_master_send(client, wdata, MPR_PKT_SYNC_LEN);
 	if (ret < 0)

-- 
2.43.0