linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clk: clk.c: Fixed statics initialized to 0

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Date:   Sat, 13 Mar 2021 13:06:14 -0800
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
To:     Pallavi Prabhu <rpallaviprabhu@...il.com>,
        linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mturquette@...libre.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: clk.c: Fixed statics initialized to 0

Quoting Pallavi Prabhu (2021-03-12 19:41:12)
> Uninitialized static variable from 0, as statics get auto-initialized to 0 during execution.
> Signed-off-by: Pallavi Prabhu <rpallaviprabhu@...il.com>

Need a newline between signed-off-by line and commit text. Also please
wrap the commit text at 80 or 78 characters or so.

> ---
>  drivers/clk/clk.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> index 5052541a0986..763ad2c960bd 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> @@ -2931,7 +2931,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clk_is_match);
>  #include <linux/debugfs.h>
>  
>  static struct dentry *rootdir;
> -static int inited = 0;
> +static int inited;

I think it's being explicit; although it is the same. Is this noticed by
some static checker or something? I'd like to ignore this patch if
possible.

>  static DEFINE_MUTEX(clk_debug_lock);
>  static HLIST_HEAD(clk_debug_list);
>