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SubjectRe: [PATCH] i386: always clear bss
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"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes:

> 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.
>>

I meant to say it is a pretty minor consideration.

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

Worse case on a modern machine is that we get a messed up screen.
The odds of it happening are sufficiently remote that it isn't worth
worrying about.

Eric
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