[PATCH 09/10] tracing/kprobe: Remove redundant memset in kprobe_perf_func()

From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google)

Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 06:52:05 EST


From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

kprobe_perf_func() calls memset(&entry[1], 0, dsize) prior to calling
store_trace_args(). store_trace_args() populates the entry buffer and
handles dynamic data fields.

Remove this redundant memset call to align with kretprobe_perf_func() and
other probe perf functions.

Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index cc24e992732c..c25f902aa1a6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -1721,7 +1721,6 @@ kprobe_perf_func(struct trace_kprobe *tk, struct pt_regs *regs)
return 0;

entry->ip = (unsigned long)tk->rp.kp.addr;
- memset(&entry[1], 0, dsize);
store_trace_args(&entry[1], &tk->tp, regs, NULL, sizeof(*entry), dsize);
perf_trace_buf_submit(entry, size, rctx, call->event.type, 1, regs,
head, NULL);