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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] eal: add uevent monitor for hot plug
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 09:10:04 -0700
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On Sun,  3 Sep 2017 23:49:44 +0800
Jeff Guo <jia.guo@intel.com> wrote:

> +int
> +rte_eal_uev_fd_new(void)
> +{
> +
> +	int netlink_fd = -1;
> +
> +	netlink_fd = socket(PF

Please don't use the "initialize everything" style of programming.

Gcc has good detection and warning about uninitalized variables, and this style
defeats that.