do not init string arrays, just clear first byte

5 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/extras/edd_id/edd_id.c b/extras/edd_id/edd_id.c
index d7aec1488c..4154387cb6 100644
--- a/extras/edd_id/edd_id.c
+++ b/extras/edd_id/edd_id.c
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int sysfs_fd;
 	DIR *dir = NULL;
 	int rc = 1;
-	char match[NAME_MAX] = "";
+	char match[NAME_MAX];
 
-		udev = udev_new();
+	udev = udev_new();
 	if (udev == NULL)
 		goto exit;
 
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	/* lookup signature in sysfs to determine the name */
+	match[0] = '\0';
 	for (dent = readdir(dir); dent != NULL; dent = readdir(dir)) {
 		char file[UTIL_PATH_SIZE];
 		char sysfs_id_buf[256];
diff --git a/extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.c b/extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.c
index 86c76cfcc4..45e48601f7 100644
--- a/extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.c
+++ b/extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.c
@@ -579,8 +579,9 @@ static int scsi_id(struct udev *udev, char *maj_min_dev)
 	struct scsi_id_device dev_scsi;
 	int good_dev;
 	int page_code;
-	char serial_short[MAX_SERIAL_LEN] = "";
+	char serial_short[MAX_SERIAL_LEN];
 
+	serial_short[0] = '\0';
 	set_inq_values(udev, &dev_scsi, maj_min_dev);
 
 	/* get per device (vendor + model) options from the config file */
diff --git a/udev/udev-event.c b/udev/udev-event.c
index fcb9993709..e297df0383 100644
--- a/udev/udev-event.c
+++ b/udev/udev-event.c
@@ -291,9 +291,10 @@ found:
 				err(event->udev, "missing file parameter for attr\n");
 			else {
 				const char *val;
-				char value[UTIL_NAME_SIZE] = "";
+				char value[UTIL_NAME_SIZE];
 				size_t size;
 
+				value[0] = '\0';
 				util_resolve_subsys_kernel(event->udev, attr, value, sizeof(value), 1);
 
 				val = udev_device_get_sysattr_value(event->dev, attr);
diff --git a/udev/udev-node.c b/udev/udev-node.c
index b39100dcee..e402dc9de3 100644
--- a/udev/udev-node.c
+++ b/udev/udev-node.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ exit:
 static int node_symlink(struct udev *udev, const char *node, const char *slink)
 {
 	struct stat stats;
-	char target[UTIL_PATH_SIZE] = "";
+	char target[UTIL_PATH_SIZE];
 	char slink_tmp[UTIL_PATH_SIZE + sizeof(TMP_FILE_EXT)];
 	int i = 0;
 	int tail = 0;
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ static int node_symlink(struct udev *udev, const char *node, const char *slink)
 	int err = 0;
 
 	/* use relative link */
+	target[0] = '\0';
 	while (node[i] && (node[i] == slink[i])) {
 		if (node[i] == '/')
 			tail = i+1;
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ static int update_link(struct udev_device *dev, const char *slink, int test)
 	struct udev *udev = udev_device_get_udev(dev);
 	struct udev_list_node dev_list;
 	struct udev_list_entry *dev_entry;
-	char target[UTIL_PATH_SIZE] = "";
+	char target[UTIL_PATH_SIZE];
 	int count;
 	int priority = 0;
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -294,6 +295,7 @@ static int update_link(struct udev_device *dev, const char *slink, int test)
 	}
 
 	/* find the device with the highest priority */
+	target[0] = '\0';
 	udev_list_entry_foreach(dev_entry, udev_list_get_entry(&dev_list)) {
 		const char *syspath;
 		struct udev_device *dev_db;
diff --git a/udev/udev-rules.c b/udev/udev-rules.c
index 1647f5cb09..a6f9220352 100644
--- a/udev/udev-rules.c
+++ b/udev/udev-rules.c
@@ -547,11 +547,12 @@ static int wait_for_file(struct udev_device *dev, const char *file, int timeout)
 {
 	struct udev *udev = udev_device_get_udev(dev);
 	char filepath[UTIL_PATH_SIZE];
-	char devicepath[UTIL_PATH_SIZE] = "";
+	char devicepath[UTIL_PATH_SIZE];
 	struct stat stats;
 	int loop = timeout * WAIT_LOOP_PER_SECOND;
 
 	/* a relative path is a device attribute */
+	devicepath[0] = '\0';
 	if (file[0] != '/') {
 		util_strlcpy(devicepath, udev_get_sys_path(udev), sizeof(devicepath));
 		util_strlcat(devicepath, udev_device_get_devpath(dev), sizeof(devicepath));