Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:04:14 -0600 | From | Robin Holt <> | Subject | Re: io_apic.c --> "nr_ioapics" not initialized ! |
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On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 05:20:10PM +0100, Armin Steinhoff wrote: > > Hello, > > after a walk through the module "io_apic.c" in > "/usr/src/linux/arch/x86/kernel/apic" I got the impression that the > variable "nr_ioapics" is used but isn't initialized !
Just to be sure we are looking at the same thing, it is declared in arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c on line 129. Being declared that way, it is, by definition, 0 unless there is an initializer.
Did I miss something?
Thanks, Robin
> Could it be the source of boot problems ? > > Dangerous coding stile in "static struct resource * __init > ioapic_setup_resources(int nr_ioapics)" .... > ######## > > Cheers > > --Armin > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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