The memory for the private data is allocated using kzalloc in alloc_etherdev (or alloc_netdev_mq respectively) so there is no need to set it to 0 again. Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/3c523.c | 1 - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/3c523.c b/drivers/net/3c523.c index 8c70686..55d219e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/3c523.c +++ b/drivers/net/3c523.c @@ -503,7 +503,6 @@ static int __init do_elmc_probe(struct net_device *dev) break; } - memset(pr, 0, sizeof(struct priv)); pr->slot = slot; pr_info("%s: 3Com 3c523 Rev 0x%x at %#lx\n", dev->name, (int) revision, -- 1.6.3.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html