[PATCH v5 3/3] ubifs: avoid redundant calls to memset()

Dmitry Antipov dmantipov at yandex.ru
Wed Apr 15 00:18:12 PDT 2026


Rely on partial implicit initialization of 'struct ubifs_budget_req'
objects and so simplify 'ubifs_release_dirty_inode_budget()', 'do_rename()'
and 'do_truncation()' by dropping explicit calls to 'memset()'.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov at yandex.ru>
---
v5: initial version to join the series
---
 fs/ubifs/budget.c |  9 ++++-----
 fs/ubifs/dir.c    |  4 +---
 fs/ubifs/file.c   | 10 +++++-----
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ubifs/budget.c b/fs/ubifs/budget.c
index d76eb7b39f56..a73f1e969f7c 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/budget.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/budget.c
@@ -590,11 +590,10 @@ void ubifs_convert_page_budget(struct ubifs_info *c)
 void ubifs_release_dirty_inode_budget(struct ubifs_info *c,
 				      struct ubifs_inode *ui)
 {
-	struct ubifs_budget_req req;
-
-	memset(&req, 0, sizeof(struct ubifs_budget_req));
-	/* The "no space" flags will be cleared because dd_growth is > 0 */
-	req.dd_growth = c->bi.inode_budget + ALIGN(ui->data_len, 8);
+	struct ubifs_budget_req req = {
+		/* The "no space" flags will be cleared because dd_growth is > 0 */
+		.dd_growth = c->bi.inode_budget + ALIGN(ui->data_len, 8)
+	};
 	ubifs_release_budget(c, &req);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index 86d41e077e4d..c1602e8aff01 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ static int do_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 					.dirtied_ino = 3 };
 	struct ubifs_budget_req ino_req = { .dirtied_ino = 1,
 			.dirtied_ino_d = ALIGN(old_inode_ui->data_len, 8) };
-	struct ubifs_budget_req wht_req;
+	struct ubifs_budget_req wht_req = { .new_ino = 1 };
 	unsigned int saved_nlink;
 	struct fscrypt_name old_nm, new_nm;
 
@@ -1422,8 +1422,6 @@ static int do_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		whiteout_ui->data_len = ubifs_encode_dev(dev, MKDEV(0, 0));
 		ubifs_assert(c, !whiteout_ui->dirty);
 
-		memset(&wht_req, 0, sizeof(struct ubifs_budget_req));
-		wht_req.new_ino = 1;
 		wht_req.new_ino_d = ALIGN(whiteout_ui->data_len, 8);
 		/*
 		 * To avoid deadlock between space budget (holds ui_mutex and
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c
index e73c28b12f97..35061a587e3c 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c
@@ -1101,13 +1101,16 @@ static int do_truncation(struct ubifs_info *c, struct inode *inode,
 			 const struct iattr *attr)
 {
 	int err;
-	struct ubifs_budget_req req;
+	struct ubifs_budget_req req = {
+		.dirtied_ino = 1,
+		/* A funny way to budget for truncation node */
+		.dirtied_ino_d = UBIFS_TRUN_NODE_SZ
+	};
 	loff_t old_size = inode->i_size, new_size = attr->ia_size;
 	int offset = new_size & (UBIFS_BLOCK_SIZE - 1), budgeted = 1;
 	struct ubifs_inode *ui = ubifs_inode(inode);
 
 	dbg_gen("ino %llu, size %lld -> %lld", inode->i_ino, old_size, new_size);
-	memset(&req, 0, sizeof(struct ubifs_budget_req));
 
 	/*
 	 * If this is truncation to a smaller size, and we do not truncate on a
@@ -1117,9 +1120,6 @@ static int do_truncation(struct ubifs_info *c, struct inode *inode,
 	if (new_size & (UBIFS_BLOCK_SIZE - 1))
 		req.dirtied_page = 1;
 
-	req.dirtied_ino = 1;
-	/* A funny way to budget for truncation node */
-	req.dirtied_ino_d = UBIFS_TRUN_NODE_SZ;
 	err = ubifs_budget_space(c, &req);
 	if (err) {
 		/*
-- 
2.53.0




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