[PATCH net-next] net/sched: Remove redundant memset(0) call in reset_policy()

From: Thorsten Blum
Date: Mon Aug 11 2025 - 12:46:41 EST


The call to nla_strscpy() already zero-pads the tail of the destination
buffer which makes the additional memset(0) call redundant. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/sched/act_simple.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/act_simple.c b/net/sched/act_simple.c
index f3abe0545989..8e69a919b4fe 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_simple.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_simple.c
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ static int reset_policy(struct tc_action *a, const struct nlattr *defdata,
d = to_defact(a);
spin_lock_bh(&d->tcf_lock);
goto_ch = tcf_action_set_ctrlact(a, p->action, goto_ch);
- memset(d->tcfd_defdata, 0, SIMP_MAX_DATA);
nla_strscpy(d->tcfd_defdata, defdata, SIMP_MAX_DATA);
spin_unlock_bh(&d->tcf_lock);
if (goto_ch)
--
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