Robert Kuebel wrote:
>
> ok, i am wondering if i have made a mistake. this patch will make the
> kernel thread die when tp->time_to_die is true. tp is kmalloc()'ed
> inside of alloc_etherdev. i didn't initialize time_to_die to 0, but
> this patch has been working perfectly for me. am i just lucky or are
> kmalloc()'ed regions zero'ed out?
And here I thought you did it on purpose :)
alloc_etherdev zeroes memory it allocates, so in net drivers all private
structures can be considered initialized to zero when you get them.
Jeff
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