Re: [patch 03/26] Dynamic kernel command-line - arm

Russell King wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 01:58:52PM +0100, Bernhard Walle wrote: 
>> -static char command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
>> +static char __initdata command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
> 
> Uninitialised data is placed in the BSS.  Adding __initdata to BSS
> data causes grief.
> 

Static variables are implicitly initialized to zero. Does that also
count as initialization?

tom


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