Re: Any reason why we don't initialize all members of struct Xgt_desc_struct in doublefault.c ?

[Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk>]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 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.
> 
Ok, good reason. Thank you for taking the time to reply.

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Jesper Juhl