linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] staging: bcm2835-audio: Remove the initialization of static pointers.

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Date:   Thu, 9 Feb 2017 13:17:23 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     AbdAllah-MEZITI <abdallah.meziti.pro@...il.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
        Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
        Ray Jui <rjui@...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,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] staging: bcm2835-audio: Remove the initialization of
 static pointers.

On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 12:45:47AM +0100, AbdAllah-MEZITI wrote:
> In C a static pointer will be initialized to NULL.
> The §6.7.8 of the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (E) document says that:
> 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>
> 
> v2: -fix the line-wrapping of the changelog.
>     -fix the ref. documentation: C99 standards release,
> 	and not the draft.
>     -this patch is the Task 10 Eudyptula Challenge
> 	that only fix one code style problem.
> v3: -fix the subject prefix: must be based on the previous submissions.
> ---
>  drivers/staging/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

This patch does not apply to my tree at all, sorry.

greg k-h