linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel: removed unnecessary initialization of static variable

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Message-ID: <20141221072155.GB10123@hudson.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:21:55 -0800
From:	Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@...il.com>
To:	Gangadhar Vukkesala <gangs.freelancer@...il.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, oleg@...hat.com,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: removed unnecessary initialization of static
 variable

Gangadhar,

On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 09:09:05AM +0530, Gangadhar Vukkesala wrote:
> Removed unnecessary initialization of static variable "zero" to 0 
> in pid_namespace.c as default value of static variable is 0.
> This issue was found when running checkpatch.pl script on pid_namespace.c.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gangadhar Vukkesala <gangs.freelancer@...il.com>
> ---
>  kernel/pid_namespace.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
> index a65ba13..f21eb3f 100644
> --- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
> +++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
> @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static int pid_ns_ctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
>  }
>  
>  extern int pid_max;
> -static int zero = 0;
> +static int zero;
>  static struct ctl_table pid_ns_ctl_table[] = {
>  	{
>  		.procname = "ns_last_pid",
> -- 
> Gangadhar Vukkesala
> 
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Looks good.

Reviewed-by: Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@...il.com>

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