In most (likely all) cases, INIT_HAL_MSG() is called before PREPARE_HAL_BUF(). In such cases calling memset() is useless because: msg_body.header.len = sizeof(msg_body) So, instead of writing twice the memory, we just have a sanity check to make sure that some potential trailing memory is zeroed. It even gives the opportunity to see that by itself and optimize it away. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c index 566f0b9c1584..17e1919d1cd8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c @@ -475,8 +475,8 @@ static int wcn36xx_smd_send_and_wait(struct wcn36xx *wcn, size_t len) #define PREPARE_HAL_BUF(send_buf, msg_body) \ do { \ - memset(send_buf, 0, msg_body.header.len); \ - memcpy(send_buf, &msg_body, sizeof(msg_body)); \ + memcpy_and_pad(send_buf, msg_body.header.len, \ + &msg_body, sizeof(msg_body), 0); \ } while (0) \ #define PREPARE_HAL_PTT_MSG_BUF(send_buf, p_msg_body) \ -- 2.34.1