Re: [PATCH] fs/ext4: Remove unnecessary zero-initialization via memset

[Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com>]

On 12/11/2025 8:38 PM, Donglin Peng wrote:
> From: pengdonglin <pengdonglin@xiaomi.com>
> 
> The d_path function does not require the caller to pre-zero the
> buffer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: pengdonglin <pengdonglin@xiaomi.com>

This should just be a cleanup.

Reviewed-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>

> ---
>  fs/ext4/file.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
> index 7a8b30932189..484cb7388802 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/file.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
> @@ -858,7 +858,6 @@ static int ext4_sample_last_mounted(struct super_block *sb,
>  	 * when trying to sort through large numbers of block
>  	 * devices or filesystem images.
>  	 */
> -	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
>  	path.mnt = mnt;
>  	path.dentry = mnt->mnt_root;
>  	cp = d_path(&path, buf, sizeof(buf));