From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
To: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 05/13] lib/bootconfig: drop redundant memset of xbc_nodes
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:22:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <026f4ec4-8436-4fa5-bd69-f194cdf7a93f@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260318155919.78168-6-objecting@objecting.org>
> memblock_alloc() already returns zeroed memory,
Interesting …
> so the explicit memset
> in xbc_init() is redundant. …
Would you like to reconsider this conclusion for the mentioned function implementation
in more detail?
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v7.0-rc4/source/lib/bootconfig.c#L932-L998
Regards,
Markus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-18 20:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-18 15:59 [PATCH v8 00/13] bootconfig: cleanups, correctness, and modernization Josh Law
2026-03-18 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 01/13] lib/bootconfig: clean up comment typos and bracing Josh Law
2026-03-18 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 02/13] lib/bootconfig: narrow flag parameter type from uint32_t to uint16_t Josh Law
2026-03-18 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 03/13] lib/bootconfig: fix off-by-one in xbc_verify_tree() next node check Josh Law
2026-03-18 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 04/13] lib/bootconfig: increment xbc_node_num after node init succeeds Josh Law
2026-03-18 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 05/13] lib/bootconfig: drop redundant memset of xbc_nodes Josh Law
2026-03-18 20:22 ` Markus Elfring [this message]
2026-03-18 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 06/13] bootconfig: constify xbc_calc_checksum() data parameter Josh Law
2026-03-18 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 07/13] lib/bootconfig: replace linux/kernel.h with specific includes Josh Law
2026-03-18 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 08/13] lib/bootconfig: validate child node index in xbc_verify_tree() Josh Law
2026-03-18 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 09/13] lib/bootconfig: fix signed comparison in xbc_node_get_data() Josh Law
2026-03-18 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 10/13] lib/bootconfig: use size_t for strlen result in xbc_node_match_prefix() Josh Law
2026-03-18 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 11/13] lib/bootconfig: use signed type for offset in xbc_init_node() Josh Law
2026-03-18 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 12/13] lib/bootconfig: use size_t for key length tracking in xbc_verify_tree() Josh Law
2026-03-18 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 13/13] lib/bootconfig: change xbc_node_index() return type to uint16_t Josh Law
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