Re: [PATCH 9/12: eCryptfs] Inode operations

Andreas Schwab
2005-11-04T00:24:13Z

James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> writes:

> On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Phillip Hellewell wrote:
>
>> +static int grow_file(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry, struct file *lower_file,
>> + struct inode *inode, struct inode *lower_inode)
>> +{
>> + int rc = 0;
>> + struct file fake_file;
>> + memset(&fake_file, 0, sizeof(fake_file));
>
>
> You don't need these initializations, bss is always initialized to zero
> in this environment.

Automatic variables are not related to the bss segment.

Andreas.

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