Re: [PATCH] lru_cache: Initialize hlist_head in lc_create

From: Lars Ellenberg
Date: Tue Apr 16 2024 - 09:42:28 EST


On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 11:07:35AM +0800, I-HSIN CHENG wrote:
> Use INIT_HLIST_HEAD to perform the initialization for each pointer to
> struct list_head in the variable "slot" to provide more safety and
> prevent possible bugs from uninitialized behavior.

Completely pointless. It is kcalloc'd. Why explicitly zero-out something
that was already explicitly zeroed out to begin with.

Lars