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

From: Tomas Carnecky
Date: Thu Jan 18 2007 - 10:13:16 EST


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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