On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 2:46 PM Jules Irenge wrote:
>
> Checkpatch tool reports an error at variable declaration
>
> "ERROR: do not initialise statics to 0"
>
> This is due to the fact that these variables are stored in the buffer
> In the .bss section, one can not set an initial value
> Here we can trust the compiler to automatically set them to zero.
> The variable has since been uninitialized.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge
> ---
> kernel/audit.c | 8
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
In general this is fine, but it will have to wait until after the
merge window closes.
> diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
> index 7b1a38a211a9..7d79ecb58b01 100644
> --- a/kernel/audit.c
> +++ b/kernel/audit.c
> @@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ void audit_panic(const char *message)
>
> static inline int audit_rate_check(void)
> {
> - static unsigned longlast_check = 0;
> - static int messages = 0;
> + static unsigned longlast_check;
> + static int messages;
> static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lock);
> unsigned long flags;
> unsigned long now;
> @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static inline int audit_rate_check(void)
> */
> void audit_log_lost(const char *message)
> {
> - static unsigned longlast_msg = 0;
> + static unsigned longlast_msg;
> static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lock);
> unsigned long flags;
> unsigned long now;
> @@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ static int kauditd_send_queue(struct sock *sk, u32 portid,
> {
> int rc = 0;
> struct sk_buff *skb;
> - static unsigned int failed = 0;
> + static unsigned int failed;
>
> /* NOTE: kauditd_thread takes care of all our locking, we just use
> * the netlink info passed to us (e.g. sk and portid) */
> --
> 2.26.2
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paul moore
www.paul-moore.com
