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Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:05:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Osterlund <petero2@...ia.com> To: Thomas Maier <balagi@...tmail.de> cc: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "akpm@...l.org" <akpm@...l.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] 2.6.19-rc1-mm1 pktcdvd: init pktdev_major On Sat, 14 Oct 2006, Thomas Maier wrote: > pktdev_major must be initialized to 0. No it doesn't. The BSS section is automatically initialized to 0. In fact, in the past there have been several patches for various parts of the kernel to remove explicit 0 initialization of global variables. -- Peter Osterlund - petero2@...ia.com http://web.telia.com/~u89404340 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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