linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] livepatch/module: Correctly handle coming and going modules

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Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:03:49 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.cz>
Cc:	Seth Jennings <sjenning@...hat.com>, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	mingo@...nel.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, oleg@...hat.com,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, andi@...stfloor.org,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] livepatch/module: Correctly handle coming and going modules

Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com> writes:
> The struct is statically initialized as a global variable in the module.
> So the elements not specified in the static initializer should all be
> cleared to zero by the compiler.

Yep, it's zeroed.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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