linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] audit: uninitialize variable audit_sig

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Date:   Mon,  3 Aug 2020 13:24:30 +0100
From:   Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@...il.com>
To:     inux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@...il.com>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
        linux-audit@...hat.com (moderated list:AUDIT SUBSYSTEM),
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] audit: uninitialize variable audit_sig_sid

Checkpatch tool reports

"ERROR: do not initialise globals/statics to 0"

To fix this, audit_sig_sid is uninitialized
As this is stored in the .bss section,
the compiler can initialize the variable automatically.

Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@...il.com>
---
 kernel/audit.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index afd7827cf6e8..1c74d1d788b6 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static u32	audit_backlog_wait_time = AUDIT_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME;
 /* The identity of the user shutting down the audit system. */
 static kuid_t		audit_sig_uid = INVALID_UID;
 static pid_t		audit_sig_pid = -1;
-static u32		audit_sig_sid = 0;
+static u32		audit_sig_sid;
 
 /* Records can be lost in several ways:
    0) [suppressed in audit_alloc]
-- 
2.26.2