linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] NTFS: Remove NULL value assignments

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Date:	Wed, 9 Apr 2014 12:16:12 +0100
From:	Anton Altaparmakov <anton@...era.com>
To:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] NTFS: Remove NULL value assignments

Hi Fabian,

Thanks.  Looks good, but why leave the "static ... = 0;" cases if you are doing the NULL ones?

Do you feel like redoing it to cover the = 0 cases as well?

Anyway, you can add my Acked-By line.

Best regards,

	Anton

On 8 Apr 2014, at 21:12, Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be> wrote:

> Static values are automatically initialized to NULL.
> 
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Anton Altaparmakov <anton@...era.com>
> Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
> ---
> fs/ntfs/compress.c | 2 +-
> fs/ntfs/super.c    | 2 +-
> fs/ntfs/sysctl.c   | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs/compress.c b/fs/ntfs/compress.c
> index ee4144c..f82498c 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs/compress.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs/compress.c
> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ typedef enum {
> /**
>  * ntfs_compression_buffer - one buffer for the decompression engine
>  */
> -static u8 *ntfs_compression_buffer = NULL;
> +static u8 *ntfs_compression_buffer;
> 
> /**
>  * ntfs_cb_lock - spinlock which protects ntfs_compression_buffer
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs/super.c b/fs/ntfs/super.c
> index 9de2491..eed5119 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs/super.c
> @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
> static unsigned long ntfs_nr_compression_users;
> 
> /* A global default upcase table and a corresponding reference count. */
> -static ntfschar *default_upcase = NULL;
> +static ntfschar *default_upcase;
> static unsigned long ntfs_nr_upcase_users = 0;
> 
> /* Error constants/strings used in inode.c::ntfs_show_options(). */
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs/sysctl.c b/fs/ntfs/sysctl.c
> index 79a8918..1927170 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs/sysctl.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs/sysctl.c
> @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static ctl_table sysctls_root[] = {
> };
> 
> /* Storage for the sysctls header. */
> -static struct ctl_table_header *sysctls_root_table = NULL;
> +static struct ctl_table_header *sysctls_root_table;
> 
> /**
>  * ntfs_sysctl - add or remove the debug sysctl
> -- 
> 1.8.4.5

-- 
Anton Altaparmakov <aia21 at cam.ac.uk> (replace at with @)
Unix Support, Computing Service, University of Cambridge
J.J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0RB, UK

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