[PATCH net-next] octeon_ep: remove redundant memset in octep_setup_pfvf_mbox()

Sang-Heon Jeon posted 1 patch 3 weeks, 4 days ago
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_pfvf_mbox.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
[PATCH net-next] octeon_ep: remove redundant memset in octep_setup_pfvf_mbox()
Posted by Sang-Heon Jeon 3 weeks, 4 days ago
vzalloc() returns zeroed memory, so the memset after the allocation is
redundant.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_pfvf_mbox.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_pfvf_mbox.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_pfvf_mbox.c
index 0867fab61b19..e4175d5bdb3b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_pfvf_mbox.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_pfvf_mbox.c
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ int octep_setup_pfvf_mbox(struct octep_device *oct)
 		if (!oct->mbox[ring])
 			goto free_mbox;
 
-		memset(oct->mbox[ring], 0, sizeof(struct octep_mbox));
 		memset(&oct->vf_info[i], 0, sizeof(struct octep_pfvf_info));
 		mutex_init(&oct->mbox[ring]->lock);
 		INIT_WORK(&oct->mbox[ring]->wk.work, octep_pfvf_mbox_work);
-- 
2.43.0
Re: [PATCH net-next] octeon_ep: remove redundant memset in octep_setup_pfvf_mbox()
Posted by luoxuanqiang 3 weeks, 3 days ago
在 2026/9/1 19:09, Sang-Heon Jeon 写道:
> vzalloc() returns zeroed memory, so the memset after the allocation is
> redundant.
>
> No functional change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Xuanqiang Luo<luoxuanqiang@kylinos.cn> Thanks,
Xuanqiang

> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_pfvf_mbox.c | 1 -
>   1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_pfvf_mbox.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_pfvf_mbox.c
> index 0867fab61b19..e4175d5bdb3b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_pfvf_mbox.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_pfvf_mbox.c
> @@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ int octep_setup_pfvf_mbox(struct octep_device *oct)
>   		if (!oct->mbox[ring])
>   			goto free_mbox;
>   
> -		memset(oct->mbox[ring], 0, sizeof(struct octep_mbox));
>   		memset(&oct->vf_info[i], 0, sizeof(struct octep_pfvf_info));
>   		mutex_init(&oct->mbox[ring]->lock);
>   		INIT_WORK(&oct->mbox[ring]->wk.work, octep_pfvf_mbox_work);