linux-kernel - Re: Simple script that locks up my box with recent kernels

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0611211944120.3352@woody.osdl.org>
Date:	Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:44:45 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
cc:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: Simple script that locks up my box with recent kernels



On Tue, 21 Nov 2006, Dave Jones wrote:
>
> ITYM...
> 
> memset(buf, 0, SIZE);

I'm just checking that you're paying attention.

There's a reason sparse warns about the third parameter of a memset() 
being zero ;)

		Linus
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