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From: Nam Cao <namcaov@gmail.com>
To: forest@alittletooquiet.net, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: namcaov@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-staging@lists.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH v2] staging: vt6655: use memset to make code clearer
Date: Fri,  9 Sep 2022 11:08:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220909090856.18427-1-namcaov@gmail.com> (raw)

A line of code sets the entire struct vnt_rdes0 to zero by treating it as
unsigned int. This works because sizeof(unsigned int) is equal to
sizeof(struct vnt_rdes0) (4 bytes). However it is not obvious what this
code is doing. Re-write this using memset to make the code clearer.

Signed-off-by: Nam Cao <namcaov@gmail.com>
---
v2: re-write commit message because previous message describes a
non-existent problem.

 drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c b/drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c
index 8e2a976aaaad..a38657769c20 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ static bool device_alloc_rx_buf(struct vnt_private *priv,
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	*((unsigned int *)&rd->rd0) = 0; /* FIX cast */
+	memset((void *)&rd->rd0, 0, sizeof(rd->rd0));
 
 	rd->rd0.res_count = cpu_to_le16(priv->rx_buf_sz);
 	rd->rd0.owner = OWNED_BY_NIC;
-- 
2.25.1


             reply	other threads:[~2022-09-09  9:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-09  9:08 Nam Cao [this message]
2022-09-09 10:23 ` [PATCH v2] staging: vt6655: use memset to make code clearer Greg KH
2022-09-09 11:29   ` Nam Cao
2022-09-09 11:47     ` Greg KH

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