Re: [PATCH] i386: always clear bss

[H. Peter Anvin]

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> 
> I have this vague memory of liking 0x3c because if we do happen to use
> more room then we intended the consequences are pretty benign.
> 
> But that is a pretty minor consequence.
> 

That's a dangerous assumption (besides, it's likely wrong, since there
are only two unused bytes below it.)

	-hpa
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