Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:14:07 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Any reason why we don't initialize all members of struct Xgt_desc_struct in doublefault.c ? |
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Jesper Juhl wrote: > Yes, this is nitpicking, but I just can't leave small corners like this > unpolished ;) > > in arch/i386/kernel/doublefault.c you will find this (line 20) : > > struct Xgt_desc_struct gdt_desc = {0, 0}; > > but, struct Xgt_desc_struct has 3 members, > > struct Xgt_desc_struct { > unsigned short size; > unsigned long address __attribute__((packed)); > unsigned short pad; > } __attribute__ ((packed)); > > so why only initialize two of them explicitly?
'pad' is a dummy variable... nobody cares about its value.
Jeff
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