Re: [PATCH v2 14/17] staging: rtl8188eu: simplify null array initializations

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Dec 19 2018 - 02:33:17 EST


On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 07:34:48PM +0100, Michael Straube wrote:
> Simplfy initialization of null arrays to improve readability
> and save some lines.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 4 ++--
> drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c | 6 ++----
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> index d3d211d8eeee..2a42f80d1970 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
> #include <mlme_osdep.h>
> #include <recv_osdep.h>
>
> -static u8 null_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
> +static u8 null_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {};
>
> /**************************************************
> OUI definitions for the vendor specific IE
> @@ -5207,7 +5207,7 @@ u8 setkey_hdl(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *pbuf)
> struct setkey_parm *pparm = (struct setkey_parm *)pbuf;
> struct mlme_ext_priv *pmlmeext = &padapter->mlmeextpriv;
> struct mlme_ext_info *pmlmeinfo = &pmlmeext->mlmext_info;
> - u8 null_sta[] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
> + u8 null_sta[ETH_ALEN] = {};

This just changed the type of the variable to a fixed size. I'm
guessing it's ok, but it looks odd in a "cleanup patch"...

thanks,

greg k-h