From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
Cc: trix@redhat.com, toke@toke.dk, kvalo@kernel.org,
davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k: initialize arrays at compile time
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2022 18:32:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a6dko7ho.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <af6042d0-952f-f497-57e7-37fef45a1f76@phrozen.org> (John Crispin's message of "Sun, 20 Mar 2022 17:48:31 +0100")
On Mär 20 2022, John Crispin wrote:
> If I recall correctly { 0 } will only set the first element of the
> struct/array to 0 and leave random data in all others elements
An initializer always initializes the _whole_ object.
The subject is also wrong, all initializers are executed at run time
(automatic variables cannot be initialized at compile time).
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-20 17:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-20 15:20 [PATCH] ath9k: initialize arrays at compile time trix
2022-03-20 16:16 ` Joe Perches
2022-03-20 16:48 ` John Crispin
2022-03-20 17:17 ` Sebastian Gottschall
2022-03-20 17:36 ` Joe Perches
2022-03-23 13:13 ` Tom Rix
2022-03-20 17:32 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2022-03-20 18:46 ` David Laight
2022-03-21 13:31 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
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