The memory for netdev_priv is allocated using kzalloc in alloc_netdev (or alloc_netdev_mq respectively) so there is no need to set it to 0 again. Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser(a)distanz.ch> --- net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c index 5d099b2e6cfc..8226495c6664 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c @@ -972,8 +972,6 @@ static void batadv_softif_free(struct net_device *dev) */ static void batadv_softif_init_early(struct net_device *dev) { - struct batadv_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev); - ether_setup(dev); dev->netdev_ops = &batadv_netdev_ops; @@ -990,8 +988,6 @@ static void batadv_softif_init_early(struct net_device *dev) eth_hw_addr_random(dev); dev->ethtool_ops = &batadv_ethtool_ops; - - memset(priv, 0, sizeof(*priv)); } struct net_device *batadv_softif_create(struct net *net, const char *name) -- 2.11.0