fix(openvino): explicit memset in buffer_context allocation (#20857)

thedanhoffman · Dan Hoffman · ggerganov · web-flow · commit cc18f965b632 · 2026-03-23T08:05:37.000+02:00
* fix(openvino): explicit memset in buffer_context allocation

* minor

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Co-authored-by: Dan Hoffman &lt;dhoffman@cyket.net&gt;
Co-authored-by: Georgi Gerganov &lt;ggerganov@gmail.com&gt;
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-openvino/ggml-openvino.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-openvino/ggml-openvino.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ struct ggml_backend_openvino_buffer_context {
             ov_buffer = std::make_shared<ov::intel_gpu::ocl::USMTensor>(std::move(usm_tensor));
         } else {
             data = ggml_aligned_malloc(size);
+            GGML_ASSERT(data);
+            memset(data, 0, size);
             ov_buffer = std::make_shared<ov::Tensor>(ov::element::u8, ov::Shape{size}, data);
         }
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ struct ggml_backend_openvino_buffer_context {`
`97`	`97`	`ov_buffer = std::make_shared<ov::intel_gpu::ocl::USMTensor>(std::move(usm_tensor));`
`98`	`98`	`} else {`
`99`	`99`	`data = ggml_aligned_malloc(size);`
	`100`	`+ GGML_ASSERT(data);`
	`101`	`+ memset(data, 0, size);`
`100`	`102`	`ov_buffer = std::make_shared<ov::Tensor>(ov::element::u8, ov::Shape{size}, data);`
`101`	`103`	`}`
`102`	`104`