Re: [PATCH]drivers/ata/libata-eh.c:1509 unneeded memset()

From: Rolf Eike Beer
Date: Fri Jan 08 2010 - 06:31:10 EST


René Bolldorf wrote:
> On 01/07/10 21:34, René Bolldorf wrote:
> > On 01/07/10 20:15, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >> I need a little bit more detail than an unqualified statement... Did
> >> you audit all paths leading to this code point?
> >
> > Yes, and my two systems running fine with the patch, no oops or panic's.
>
> Sry forgot that:
> /* initialize sense_buf with the error register,
> * for the case where they are -not- overwritten
> */
> sense_buf[0] = 0x70;
> sense_buf[2] = dfl_sense_key;
>
> So i think memset() is not needed and works very well without it.

What happens to sense_buf[1]?

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