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Re: [PATCH 1/2] git-compat-util: introduce MEMZERO_ARRAY() macro

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 11, 2025, 03:18 UTC
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Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com> writes:
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> +@@
> +- memset(ptr, \( 0x0 \| 0 \), n * \( sizeof(T)
> +-                                 \| sizeof(*ptr)
> +-                                 \) )
> ++ MEMZERO_ARRAY(ptr, n)
Shouldn't we be also catching
	memset(array, '\0', sizeof(array[0]) * ARRAY_SIZE(array));
in addition to "0" and "0x0"?
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  1. 0/2 Add MEMZERO_ARRAY() macro and use it in coccinelleToon Claes, Dec 10, 2025
  2. 1/2 git-compat-util: introduce MEMZERO_ARRAY() macroToon Claes, Dec 10, 2025
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 11, 2025
  4. René ScharfeDec 12, 2025
  5. Toon ClaesDec 19, 2025
  6. 2/2 contrib/coccinelle: pass include paths to spatch(1)Toon Claes, Dec 10, 2025
  7. Patrick SteinhardtDec 11, 2025
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2025
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2025
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