From ff91df91b63409636315bcec01c4357f9fadc4aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: schou <pschou@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 10:56:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] pad and excess bytes here do essentially the same thing

---
 src/crypto/ecdsa/ecdsa_s390x.go | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/crypto/ecdsa/ecdsa_s390x.go b/src/crypto/ecdsa/ecdsa_s390x.go
index 4a217fc5b86..43cc4cc6541 100644
--- a/src/crypto/ecdsa/ecdsa_s390x.go
+++ b/src/crypto/ecdsa/ecdsa_s390x.go
@@ -69,14 +69,11 @@ func hashToBytes(dst, hash []byte, c elliptic.Curve) {
 		panic("crypto/ecdsa: dst too small to fit value")
 	}
 
-	// pad with zeros
-	pad := lenDst - orderBits/8
-	for i := 0; i <= pad; i++ {
-		dst[i] = 0
-	}
-
 	// figure out the excess bytes between the hash size and order of the curve
 	excess := lenDst - orderBytes
+	for i := 0; i < excess; i++ {
+		dst[i] = 0
+	}
 
 	// determine the shifts needed
 	truncateBits := ((orderBits - 1) % 8) + 1