linux-kernel - Zero and NULL in INIT

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Message-Id: <200909152224.DAC35901.FFLOJFOHtSOVQM@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Date:	Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:24:47 +0900
From:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Zero and NULL in INIT_TASK()

It seems that INIT_TASK() macro is used for initializing only statically
allocated init_task, which will be automatically initialized to 0.
If so, can't we omit initialization with zero and NULLs inside INIT_TASK()?
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