[PATCH 16/28] iio: imu: inv_icm42600: use = { } instead of memset()
Jonathan Cameron
jic23 at kernel.org
Sat Jun 14 05:21:50 PDT 2025
On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:39:08 -0500
David Lechner <dlechner at baylibre.com> wrote:
> Use { } instead of memset() to zero-initialize stack memory to simplify
> the code.
This one isn't as obvious as many as the zeroing was in a loop
and now it's at declaration.
It's fine because we always copy over the same elements.
I'll leave this whole series a little longer in case we are missing
subtle cases like this. (but ones where it actually does make a difference!)
Jonathan
>
> Signed-off-by: David Lechner <dlechner at baylibre.com>
> ---
> drivers/iio/imu/inv_icm42600/inv_icm42600_accel.c | 5 ++---
> drivers/iio/imu/inv_icm42600/inv_icm42600_gyro.c | 5 ++---
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/inv_icm42600/inv_icm42600_accel.c b/drivers/iio/imu/inv_icm42600/inv_icm42600_accel.c
> index e6cd9dcb0687d19554e63a69dc60f065c58d70ee..dbd315ad3c4d2bd5085f7cd3cdc6de4391b1c896 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/imu/inv_icm42600/inv_icm42600_accel.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/imu/inv_icm42600/inv_icm42600_accel.c
> @@ -902,7 +902,8 @@ int inv_icm42600_accel_parse_fifo(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
> const int8_t *temp;
> unsigned int odr;
> int64_t ts_val;
> - struct inv_icm42600_accel_buffer buffer;
> + /* buffer is copied to userspace, zeroing it to avoid any data leak */
> + struct inv_icm42600_accel_buffer buffer = { };
>
> /* parse all fifo packets */
> for (i = 0, no = 0; i < st->fifo.count; i += size, ++no) {
> @@ -921,8 +922,6 @@ int inv_icm42600_accel_parse_fifo(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
> inv_sensors_timestamp_apply_odr(ts, st->fifo.period,
> st->fifo.nb.total, no);
>
> - /* buffer is copied to userspace, zeroing it to avoid any data leak */
> - memset(&buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
> memcpy(&buffer.accel, accel, sizeof(buffer.accel));
> /* convert 8 bits FIFO temperature in high resolution format */
> buffer.temp = temp ? (*temp * 64) : 0;
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/inv_icm42600/inv_icm42600_gyro.c b/drivers/iio/imu/inv_icm42600/inv_icm42600_gyro.c
> index b4d7ce1432a4f4d096599877040a89ede0625e0b..4058eca076d8b03a2290535eedffa0a74098d739 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/imu/inv_icm42600/inv_icm42600_gyro.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/imu/inv_icm42600/inv_icm42600_gyro.c
> @@ -806,7 +806,8 @@ int inv_icm42600_gyro_parse_fifo(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
> const int8_t *temp;
> unsigned int odr;
> int64_t ts_val;
> - struct inv_icm42600_gyro_buffer buffer;
> + /* buffer is copied to userspace, zeroing it to avoid any data leak */
> + struct inv_icm42600_gyro_buffer buffer = { };
>
> /* parse all fifo packets */
> for (i = 0, no = 0; i < st->fifo.count; i += size, ++no) {
> @@ -825,8 +826,6 @@ int inv_icm42600_gyro_parse_fifo(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
> inv_sensors_timestamp_apply_odr(ts, st->fifo.period,
> st->fifo.nb.total, no);
>
> - /* buffer is copied to userspace, zeroing it to avoid any data leak */
> - memset(&buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
> memcpy(&buffer.gyro, gyro, sizeof(buffer.gyro));
> /* convert 8 bits FIFO temperature in high resolution format */
> buffer.temp = temp ? (*temp * 64) : 0;
>
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