Re: [PATCH] Remove redundant and incorrect memset()

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Oct 04 2013 - 13:33:21 EST



* Roy Franz <roy.franz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Remove a redundant memset() call from efi_relocate_kernel() that
> was clearing memory that would be used by BSS in non-compressed
> images loaded with this function. This clear was redundant with
> the clearing done in the image itself, and also implemented incorrectly
> with a 0 length.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roy Franz <roy.franz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Mark Salter <msalter@xxxxxxxxxx>

Note the title:

[PATCH] Remove redundant and incorrect memset()

if it's both redundant *and* incorrect then the other memset() must be
incorrect too and must be removed as well ;-)

I suspect you wanted the title to say:

[PATCH] Remove redundant memset()

?

Thanks,

Ingo
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