linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] i7core_edac: fix erroneous size of static array

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Date:	Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:03:20 -0700
From:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>,
	Niklas Söderlund <niso@....se>
CC:	"mchehab@...hat.com" <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	"linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] i7core_edac: fix erroneous size of static array

> -	static int cols[8] = {
> +	static int cols[4] = {

Why are these arrays "static"? Does that generate better code than
dynamic initialization?

-Tony
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