netdev - [PATCH 2/8] 3c523: Remove unnecessary memset of netdev private data

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Date:	Thu,  6 May 2010 17:39:46 +0200
From:	Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] 3c523: Remove unnecessary memset of netdev private data

The memory for the private data is allocated using kzalloc in
alloc_etherdev (or alloc_netdev_mq respectively) so there is no need to
set it to 0 again.

Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>
---
 drivers/net/3c523.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/3c523.c b/drivers/net/3c523.c
index 8c70686..55d219e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/3c523.c
+++ b/drivers/net/3c523.c
@@ -503,7 +503,6 @@ static int __init do_elmc_probe(struct net_device *dev)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	memset(pr, 0, sizeof(struct priv));
 	pr->slot = slot;
 
 	pr_info("%s: 3Com 3c523 Rev 0x%x at %#lx\n", dev->name, (int) revision,
-- 
1.6.3.3

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