linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USB Elan FTDI: check for workqueue creation v2

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Date:	Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:38:48 +0300
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>
Cc:	linux-kernel-list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB Elan FTDI: check for workqueue creation v2

On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 01:46:44PM +0100, Oleg Verych wrote:
| > From: Cyrill Gorcunov
| > Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel
| > Subject: bss zeroing ([PATCH] USB Elan FTDI: check for workqueue creation v2)
| > Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:41:15 +0300
| []
| > Btw, Pete, you are right! C99 ANSI standart says that static pointer
| > if it not initialized explicitly has to be set to NULL by compiler ;)
| > Thanks a lot for comments and Ack the patch please.
| 
| Are you sure about "by compiler"? I mean, why not by OS, in case of uCs
| by code/data memory image generator?
| 
| ____
| 

I don't think that is the point... C compiler may put that data to a
special section of image (which is to be filled by zero) or add a few
explicit instructions... I don't care the method for a while, I need
the result ;)

		Cyrill

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