alloc_etherdev function internally calls kvzalloc . So we may not need explicit memset after this call. Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c index 3532ea9..4a6c3f6 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c @@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ struct net_device *alloc_ieee80211(int sizeof_priv) } ieee = netdev_priv(dev); - memset(ieee, 0, sizeof(struct ieee80211_device) + sizeof_priv); ieee->dev = dev; err = ieee80211_networks_allocate(ieee); -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel