'mon_info' is already zeroed in the list_for_each_entry() loop below. There is no need to explicitly initialize it here. It just wastes some space and cycles. Remove this un-needed code. On a x86_64, with allmodconfig: Before: ====== text data bss dec hex filename 74967 5103 1880 81950 1401e arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.o After: ===== text data bss dec hex filename 74903 5103 1880 81886 13fde arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.o Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c index d7163b764c62..d906a1cd8491 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c @@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ static void mondata_config_read(struct rdt_mon_domain *d, struct mon_config_info static int mbm_config_show(struct seq_file *s, struct rdt_resource *r, u32 evtid) { - struct mon_config_info mon_info = {0}; + struct mon_config_info mon_info; struct rdt_mon_domain *dom; bool sep = false; -- 2.45.2