Re: [PATCH] drm/amdgpu: Senseless code and unnecessary memset

["Christian König" <christian.koenig@amd.com>]

Am 05.04.22 um 19:36 schrieb Grigory Vasilyev:
> Using memset on local arrays before exiting the function is pointless.
> Compilator will remove this code. Also for local arrays is preferable to
> use {0} instead of memset. Mistakes are often made when working with
> memset.

Well actually memset is preferred when working with structures which are 
given to the hardware parser because {0} won't initialize paddings.

So please don't use {0} in any of the atom bios code.

Regards,
Christian.

>
> Signed-off-by: Grigory Vasilyev <h0tc0d3@gmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/atom.c | 8 +-------
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/atom.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/atom.c
> index be9d61bcb8ae..537e48fbbe6b 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/atom.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/atom.c
> @@ -1538,11 +1538,9 @@ struct atom_context *amdgpu_atom_parse(struct card_info *card, void *bios)
>   int amdgpu_atom_asic_init(struct atom_context *ctx)
>   {
>   	int hwi = CU16(ctx->data_table + ATOM_DATA_FWI_PTR);
> -	uint32_t ps[16];
> +	uint32_t ps[16] = {0};
>   	int ret;
>   
> -	memset(ps, 0, 64);
> -
>   	ps[0] = cpu_to_le32(CU32(hwi + ATOM_FWI_DEFSCLK_PTR));
>   	ps[1] = cpu_to_le32(CU32(hwi + ATOM_FWI_DEFMCLK_PTR));
>   	if (!ps[0] || !ps[1])
> @@ -1551,10 +1549,6 @@ int amdgpu_atom_asic_init(struct atom_context *ctx)
>   	if (!CU16(ctx->cmd_table + 4 + 2 * ATOM_CMD_INIT))
>   		return 1;
>   	ret = amdgpu_atom_execute_table(ctx, ATOM_CMD_INIT, ps);
> -	if (ret)
> -		return ret;
> -
> -	memset(ps, 0, 64);
>   
>   	return ret;
>   }