Re: [PATCH v5 1/9] scatterlist: add sg_zeroout_area() helper

From: Johannes Thumshirn
Date: Wed Jun 07 2017 - 03:01:08 EST


On 06/06/2017 08:26 PM, Sagi Grimberg wrote:
>
>> + while ((offset < buflen) && sg_miter_next(&miter)) {
>> + unsigned int len;
>> +
>> + len = min(miter.length, buflen - offset);
>> + memset(miter.addr, '\0', len);
>
> Why '\0' and not 0?

Shouldn't be a difference, should it? ascii(7) says
'000 0 00 NUL '\0' (null character)'


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