On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 05:20:10PM +0100, Armin Steinhoff wrote: > > Hello, > > after a walk through the module "io_apic.c" in > "/usr/src/linux/arch/x86/kernel/apic" I got the impression that the > variable "nr_ioapics" is used but isn't initialized !
Just to be sure we are looking at the same thing, it is declared in arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c on line 129. Being declared that way, it is, by definition, 0 unless there is an initializer. Did I miss something? Thanks, Robin > Could it be the source of boot problems ? > > Dangerous coding stile in "static struct resource * __init > ioapic_setup_resources(int nr_ioapics)" .... > ######## > > Cheers > > --Armin > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
