mtd: zero out mtd_partition struct before using it

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Gitweb:     http://git.infradead.org/?p=mtd-2.6.git;a=commit;h=938672338991ac8bef5cb025b187ab8d6230ac6c
Commit:     938672338991ac8bef5cb025b187ab8d6230ac6c
Parent:     215a02fd30871d0d888d27a3154588b66f5dbec2
Author:     Brian Norris <computersforpeace at gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Nov 11 16:47:52 2015 -0800
Committer:  Brian Norris <computersforpeace at gmail.com>
CommitDate: Thu Nov 12 10:10:01 2015 -0800

    mtd: zero out mtd_partition struct before using it
    
    It's easier to guarantee we've cleared out all unused fields with
    memset() than by manually initializing each field.
    
    Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace at gmail.com>
    Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon at free-electrons.com>
---
 drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index f8ba153..46dfbf5 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -596,11 +596,10 @@ int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, const char *name,
 	if (length <= 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	memset(&part, 0, sizeof(part));
 	part.name = name;
 	part.size = length;
 	part.offset = offset;
-	part.mask_flags = 0;
-	part.ecclayout = NULL;
 
 	new = allocate_partition(master, &part, -1, offset);
 	if (IS_ERR(new))