> > [Bradley D. LaRonde <brad@ltc.com>]
> > > I think there are some unnecessary (and not benign) initializers here
> > > and there in the kernel.
> > [...]
> > > Why explicitly initialize those arrays with 0?
> >
> > Documentation. ISO rules aside, explicitly initializing what you will
>
> Actually its because old old Linux didnt clear the BSS. There is no
incentive
> to "fix" perfectly good code so it never gets cleaned up
Incentive has arrived. :-)
Regards,
Brad
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