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

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Date:	Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:43:37 -0800
From:	Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@...hat.com>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel-list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB Elan FTDI: check for workqueue creation

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:10:05 +0300, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com> wrote:

> I may be wrong, but a lot of the kernel code have static pointers
> initialized to NULL with explicit manner... More over I always thought
> that _static_ is not mean _initialized to zero_. I think _static_ is
> just the method to _hide_ variables in the file (as ANSI C describes).
> Am I wrong?

I'm afraid you are wrong here. Static variables are initialized on
zero in C, although I cannot provide you with a relevant quote from
a standard. Just trust me for now, and resubmit the patch without
the first segment... :-)  You're clearly fixing a bug in it.

-- Pete
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