On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:33:55 +0400 Cyrill Gorcunov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi list, > > could anyone tell me why there is no official memzero function (or > macros) in the kernel. it doesn't add value.... memset with a constant 0 is just as fast (since the compiler knows it's 0) than any wrapper around it, and the syntax around it is otherwise the same. > As I see a lot of kernel parts calls for it > (defying own macros as alias to memset). Maybe there is a special > reason not to do so? Actually my suggestion is to define _one_ > general macros for this. my suggestion is to nuke all the macros and just use memset(). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/