Re: [PATCH] Remove redundant and incorrect memset()

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Fri Oct 04 2013 - 13:38:48 EST


On 10/04/2013 10:33 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Roy Franz <roy.franz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Remove a redundant memset() call from efi_relocate_kernel() that
>> was clearing memory that would be used by BSS in non-compressed
>> images loaded with this function. This clear was redundant with
>> the clearing done in the image itself, and also implemented incorrectly
>> with a 0 length.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Roy Franz <roy.franz@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Acked-by: Mark Salter <msalter@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Note the title:
>
> [PATCH] Remove redundant and incorrect memset()
>
> if it's both redundant *and* incorrect then the other memset() must be
> incorrect too and must be removed as well ;-)
>
> I suspect you wanted the title to say:
>
> [PATCH] Remove redundant memset()
>

And more importantly:

[PATCH] boot,efi: Remove redundant memset()

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