[PATCH v2] KEYS: remove redundant memset

[Jarkko Sakkinen]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 01:20:00PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-07-22 at 13:10 -0700, Tom Rix wrote:
> > On 7/22/20 1:02 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2020-07-22 at 06:46 -0700, trix at redhat.com wrote:
> > > > From: Tom Rix <trix at redhat.com>
> > > > 
> > > > Reviewing use of memset in keyctrl_pkey.c
> > > > 
> > > > keyctl_pkey_params_get prologue code to set params up
> > > > 
> > > > 	memset(params, 0, sizeof(*params));
> > > > 	params->encoding = "raw";
> > > > 
> > > > keyctl_pkey_query has the same prologue
> > > > and calls keyctl_pkey_params_get.
> > > > 
> > > > So remove the prologue.
> > > > 
> > > > Fixes: 00d60fd3b932 ("KEYS: Provide keyctls to drive the new key type ops for asymmetric keys [ver #2]")
> > > At best, this is a micro optimization.
> > Yes
> > > How is this appropriate for a Fixes: line?
> > Removing unneeded code is not a fix?
> 
> IMO: there's no "bug" here.
> 
> It's not a logic defect causing some unintended outcome.
> It doesn't need backporting to stable branches.
> 
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I agree.

At worst it can cause unnecessary merge conflicts when backporting
bug fixes.

No measurable gain merging it.

/Jarkko