call to memset to assign 0 value immediately after allocating memory with kzalloc is unnecesaary as kzalloc allocates the memory filled with 0 value. Semantic patch used to resolve this issue: @@ expression e,e2; constant c; statement S; @@ e = kzalloc(e2, c); if(e == NULL) S - memset(e, 0, e2); Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c index c9d41ed..8838b88 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c @@ -1936,8 +1936,6 @@ mwifiex_active_scan_req_for_passive_chan(struct mwifiex_private *priv) if (!user_scan_cfg) return -ENOMEM; - memset(user_scan_cfg, 0, sizeof(*user_scan_cfg)); - for (id = 0; id < MWIFIEX_USER_SCAN_CHAN_MAX; id++) { if (!priv->hidden_chan[id].chan_number) break; -- 2.7.4