Initialize the local variable info to zero at the time of declataion. this also remove the need for the memset(). No functional change in this patch. Signed-off-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanya.kulkarni@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/loop.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c index bc074ad00eaf..667a3945bf39 100644 --- a/drivers/block/loop.c +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c @@ -1759,9 +1759,8 @@ static noinline int loop_info64_to_compat(const struct loop_info64 *info64, struct compat_loop_info __user *arg) { - struct compat_loop_info info; + struct compat_loop_info info = { }; - memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info)); info.lo_number = info64->lo_number; info.lo_device = info64->lo_device; info.lo_inode = info64->lo_inode; -- 2.22.1