Using memset before strncpy just to ensure a trailing null
character is an unnecessary double writing of a string

Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqv...@spectrumdigital.se>
---
 drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c 
b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c
index 6b58469..98c7c3a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/debug.c
@@ -402,9 +402,9 @@ int libcfs_debug_init(unsigned long bufsize)
        }
 
        if (libcfs_debug_file_path != NULL) {
-               memset(libcfs_debug_file_path_arr, 0, PATH_MAX);
                strncpy(libcfs_debug_file_path_arr,
                        libcfs_debug_file_path, PATH_MAX-1);
+               libcfs_debug_file_path_arr[PATH_MAX - 1] = '\0';
        }
 
        /* If libcfs_debug_mb is set to an invalid value or uninitialized
-- 
1.7.10.4

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