[PATCH 17/76] ip2, cleanup globals

Alan Cox
2008-10-05T16:10:41Z

From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>

- do not init .bss zeroed data to zero again (by memset or
explicit assignment)
- use char [] instead of char * for string constants

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
---

drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c | 18 +++++++-----------
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
index 79bca61..1d46284 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ static int ip2_read_proc(char *, char **, off_t, int, int *, void * );
/*************/

/* String constants to identify ourselves */
-static char *pcName = "Computone IntelliPort Plus multiport driver";
-static char *pcVersion = "1.2.14";
+static const char pcName[] = "Computone IntelliPort Plus multiport driver";
+static const char pcVersion[] = "1.2.14";

/* String constants for port names */
-static char *pcDriver_name = "ip2";
-static char *pcIpl = "ip2ipl";
+static const char pcDriver_name[] = "ip2";
+static const char pcIpl[] = "ip2ipl";

/***********************/
/* Function Prototypes */
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ static const struct file_operations ip2_ipl = {
.open = ip2_ipl_open,
};

-static unsigned long irq_counter = 0;
-static unsigned long bh_counter = 0;
+static unsigned long irq_counter;
+static unsigned long bh_counter;

// Use immediate queue to service interrupts
#define USE_IQI
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Doug McNash");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Computone IntelliPort Plus Driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

-static int poll_only = 0;
+static int poll_only;

static int Eisa_irq;
static int Eisa_slot;
@@ -615,10 +615,6 @@ static int ip2_loadmain(void)
/* Initialise the iiEllis subsystem. */
iiEllisInit();

- /* Initialize arrays. */
- memset( i2BoardPtrTable, 0, sizeof i2BoardPtrTable );
- memset( DevTable, 0, sizeof DevTable );
-
/* Initialise all the boards we can find (up to the maximum). */
for ( i = 0; i < IP2_MAX_BOARDS; ++i ) {
switch ( ip2config.addr[i] ) {