Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] mm/memfd_luo: remove unnecessary memset in zero-size memfd path
From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Fri Mar 20 2026 - 07:40:53 EST
On Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 09:28:44AM +0800, Chenghao Duan wrote:
> The memset(kho_vmalloc, 0, sizeof(*kho_vmalloc)) call in the zero-size
> file handling path is unnecessary because the allocation of the ser
> structure already uses the __GFP_ZERO flag, ensuring the memory is
> already zero-initialized.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chenghao Duan <duanchenghao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/memfd_luo.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memfd_luo.c b/mm/memfd_luo.c
> index 5ddd3657d8be..413df8c75c1d 100644
> --- a/mm/memfd_luo.c
> +++ b/mm/memfd_luo.c
> @@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ static int memfd_luo_preserve_folios(struct file *file,
> if (!size) {
> *nr_foliosp = 0;
> *out_folios_ser = NULL;
> - memset(kho_vmalloc, 0, sizeof(*kho_vmalloc));
> return 0;
> }
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>
--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.