Re: Any reason why we don't initialize all members of struct Xgt_desc_structin doublefault.c ?

[Jesper Juhl]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Jesper Juhl wrote:
>
> > Yes, this is nitpicking, but I just can't leave small corners like 
> > this unpolished ;)
> >
> > in arch/i386/kernel/doublefault.c you will find this (line 20) :
> >
> > struct Xgt_desc_struct gdt_desc = {0, 0};
> >
> > but, struct Xgt_desc_struct has 3 members,
> > struct Xgt_desc_struct {
> >         unsigned short size;
> >         unsigned long address __attribute__((packed));
> >         unsigned short pad;
> > } __attribute__ ((packed));
> >
> > so why only initialize two of them explicitly?
>
>
> 'pad' is a dummy variable... nobody cares about its value.
Ok, good reason. Thank you for taking the time to reply.

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Jesper Juhl
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