* Russell King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-01-18 16:23]: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 04:31:51PM +0100, Tomas Carnecky wrote: > > 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? > > No. As I say, they're placed in the BSS. The BSS is zeroed as part of > the C runtime initialisation. > > If you want to place a variable in a specific section, it must be > explicitly initialised. Eg, > > static char __initdata command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] = "";
Why? It must be initialised if you rely on a initialised value in the code. But I don't think that this in in case here. Can you tell me the code where you read from command_line before writing to it? Thanks. Regards, Bernhard - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
