Re: [PATCH 04/15] hisi_sas: only zero slot memory when reused

From: Hannes Reinecke
Date: Wed Sep 14 2016 - 08:46:07 EST


On 09/06/2016 05:36 PM, John Garry wrote:
> Currently the slot memory is zeroed when it is
> freed and also when it is reused, like in
> hisi_sas_task_prep(). Optimise by avoiding the
> redundant zeroing in the free.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
> index 5d56576..0e48751 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
> @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void hisi_sas_slot_task_free(struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba, struct sas_task *task,
> slot->task = NULL;
> slot->port = NULL;
> hisi_sas_slot_index_free(hisi_hba, slot->idx);
> - memset(slot, 0, sizeof(*slot));
> + /* slot memory is fully zeroed when it is reused */
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hisi_sas_slot_task_free);
>
>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx>

Cheers,

Hannes
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