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

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Date:   Mon, 17 Aug 2020 20:38:57 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
        "moderated list:AUDIT SUBSYSTEM" <linux-audit@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH 2/2] audit: uninitialize variable audit_sig_sid

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 2:35 PM Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 8:35 AM Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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(-)
>
> Similar to patch 1/2, this will need to wait until after the merge
> window closes.

... also merged this patch into audit/next.  Thanks again.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com