linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: tools: no need to initialise statics to 0

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Date:   Thu, 12 May 2022 18:09:09 +0200
From:   Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
To:     Jason Wang <wangborong@...rlc.com>
Cc:     linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: tools: no need to initialise statics to 0

On Sun, May 08, 2022 at 10:31:46AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> Static variables do not need to be initialised to 0, because compiler
> will initialise all uninitialised statics to 0. Thus, remove the
> unneeded initializations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <wangborong@...rlc.com>
> ---
>  arch/mips/boot/tools/relocs.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/tools/relocs.c b/arch/mips/boot/tools/relocs.c
> index 1bf53f3524b3..02fc85f3e8ff 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/boot/tools/relocs.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/boot/tools/relocs.c
> @@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static void read_symtabs(FILE *fp)
>  
>  static void read_relocs(FILE *fp)
>  {
> -	static unsigned long base = 0;
> +	static unsigned long base;
>  	int i, j;
>  
>  	if (!base) {
> -- 
> 2.35.1

applied to mips-next.

Thomas.

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