On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 03:10:20PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote: > From: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx> > > [ Upstream commit 9c9d0acbe2793315fa6945a19685ad2a51fb281b ] > > ddebug_exec_query declares an auto var, and passes it to > ddebug_parse_query, which memsets it before using it. Drop that > memset, instead initialize the variable in the caller; let the > compiler decide how to do it. > > Acked-by: <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200719231058.1586423-10-jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > lib/dynamic_debug.c | 3 +-- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c > index e3755d1f74bd2..4f0bd560478f7 100644 > --- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c > +++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c > @@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ static int ddebug_parse_query(char *words[], int nwords, > pr_err("expecting pairs of match-spec <value>\n"); > return -EINVAL; > } > - memset(query, 0, sizeof(*query)); > > if (modname) > /* support $modname.dyndbg=<multiple queries> */ > @@ -445,7 +444,7 @@ static int ddebug_parse_flags(const char *str, unsigned int *flagsp, > static int ddebug_exec_query(char *query_string, const char *modname) > { > unsigned int flags = 0, mask = 0; > - struct ddebug_query query; > + struct ddebug_query query = {}; > #define MAXWORDS 9 > int nwords, nfound; > char *words[MAXWORDS]; > -- > 2.25.1 > There's no need for this in stable kernels, please drop it from everywhere. thanks, greg k-h