Re: [PATCH net] mlxsw: Initialize register query payloads

[Ido Schimmel]

On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 09:48:14AM +0200, Björn Töpel wrote:
> Hmm, isn't this pointing to that the query should be more robust,
> instead of relying on zeroing receive buffers pre-call? Maybe just fixup
> query instead?

Most registers require an index, so the common pattern is:

mlxsw_reg_*_pack(...);
mlxsw_reg_query(...);

Where the pack function zeroes the payload. We can't zero in the core
because then we would overwrite the indexes.