linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] somedriver: remove the initialization of static pointers.

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Message-ID: <20170205081226.3c3c681e@GL552JX>
Date:   Sun, 5 Feb 2017 08:12:26 +0100
From:   AbdAllah MEZITI <abdallah.meziti.pro@...il.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        swarren@...dotorg.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
        Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>,
        Michael Zoran <mzoran@...wfest.net>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] somedriver: remove the initialization of static
 pointers.

On Sun, 5 Feb 2017 01:29:43 +0100
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 04, 2017 at 08:39:21PM +0100, AbdAllah-MEZITI wrote:
> > In C a static pointer will be initialized to NULL (e.g: draft C99
> > standard $6.7.8): "If an object that has static storage duration is
> > not initialized explicitly, then:
> >  __ if it has pointer type, it is initialized to a null pointer;"
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: AbdAllah-MEZITI <abdallah.meziti.pro@...il.com>  
> 
> Your subject is very odd :(
> 
> And is that the correct spelling of your name that you use for legal
> documents?  If not, please fix up when you resend this.
> 
> Also, fix the line-wrapping of your changelog, and the C99 standard is
> not a "draft" anymore, it was released in 1999 :)
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h


Do not worry, this is just an answer to the Task 10 of the Eudyptula Challenge.

yes, this is the correct spelling of my name that i use for legal documents.

OK.

AbdAllah MEZITI.