On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:10:05 +0300, Cyrill Gorcunov <[email protected]> wrote:
> I may be wrong, but a lot of the kernel code have static pointers
> initialized to NULL with explicit manner... More over I always thought
> that _static_ is not mean _initialized to zero_. I think _static_ is
> just the method to _hide_ variables in the file (as ANSI C describes).
> Am I wrong?
I'm afraid you are wrong here. Static variables are initialized on
zero in C, although I cannot provide you with a relevant quote from
a standard. Just trust me for now, and resubmit the patch without
the first segment... :-) You're clearly fixing a bug in it.
-- Pete
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