[PATCH] lru_cache: Initialize hlist_head in lc_create

Lars Ellenberg lars.ellenberg at linbit.com
Tue Apr 16 15:42:17 CEST 2024


On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 11:07:35AM +0800, I-HSIN CHENG wrote:
> Use INIT_HLIST_HEAD to perform the initialization for each pointer to
> struct list_head in the variable "slot" to provide more safety and
> prevent possible bugs from uninitialized behavior.

Completely pointless.  It is kcalloc'd.  Why explicitly zero-out something
that was already explicitly zeroed out to begin with.

    Lars


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