'msg' is only used with drm_dp_encode_sideband_req() which takes a "const struct drm_dp_sideband_msg_req_body *". So some initializations can be done only once outside of the for loop. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- In case of interest, on x86_64, with allmodconfig, sizeof(*msg) is 420 bytes. --- drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_mst_topology.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_mst_topology.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_mst_topology.c index 7bf6157eb3a3..a149ff3f70ad 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_mst_topology.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_mst_topology.c @@ -5891,10 +5891,16 @@ static int drm_dp_mst_i2c_write(struct drm_dp_mst_branch *mstb, ret = -ENOMEM; goto out; } + + /* + * 'msg' is not modified by drm_dp_encode_sideband_req(). So + * some initializations can be done only once. + */ + memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg)); + msg.req_type = DP_REMOTE_I2C_WRITE; + msg.u.i2c_write.port_number = port->port_num; + for (i = 0; i < num; i++) { - memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg)); - msg.req_type = DP_REMOTE_I2C_WRITE; - msg.u.i2c_write.port_number = port->port_num; msg.u.i2c_write.write_i2c_device_id = msgs[i].addr; msg.u.i2c_write.num_bytes = msgs[i].len; msg.u.i2c_write.bytes = msgs[i].buf; -- 2.45.2