From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932521AbdBGV5B (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Feb 2017 16:57:01 -0500 Received: from mail-wr0-f196.google.com ([209.85.128.196]:33009 "EHLO mail-wr0-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755532AbdBGV4p (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Feb 2017 16:56:45 -0500 From: AbdAllah-MEZITI To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: Stephen Warren , Lee Jones , Eric Anholt , Florian Fainelli , Ray Jui , Scott Branden , bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com, Michael Zoran , devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-rpi-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v2] somedriver: remove the initialization of static pointers. Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 22:55:54 +0100 Message-Id: <1486504570-5811-1-git-send-email-abdallah.meziti.pro@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In C a static pointer will be initialized to NULL. The ยง6.7.8 of the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (E) document says that: If an object that has static storage duration is not initialized explicitly, then: __ if it has pointer type, it is initialized to a null pointer. Signed-off-by: AbdAllah-MEZITI v2: -fix the line-wrapping of the changelog. -fix the ref. documentation: C99 standards release, and not the draft. -this patch is the Task 10 Eudyptula Challenge that only fix one code style problem. --- drivers/staging/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835.c b/drivers/staging/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835.c index a84d74d..265fe55 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835.c +++ b/drivers/staging/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835.c @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ * to debug if we run into issues */ -static struct snd_card *g_card = NULL; -static struct bcm2835_chip *g_chip = NULL; +static struct snd_card *g_card; +static struct bcm2835_chip *g_chip; static int snd_bcm2835_free(struct bcm2835_chip *chip) { -- 2.7.4 From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: abdallah.meziti.pro@gmail.com (AbdAllah-MEZITI) Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 22:55:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH v2] somedriver: remove the initialization of static pointers. Message-ID: <1486504570-5811-1-git-send-email-abdallah.meziti.pro@gmail.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org In C a static pointer will be initialized to NULL. The ?6.7.8 of the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (E) document says that: If an object that has static storage duration is not initialized explicitly, then: __ if it has pointer type, it is initialized to a null pointer. Signed-off-by: AbdAllah-MEZITI v2: -fix the line-wrapping of the changelog. -fix the ref. documentation: C99 standards release, and not the draft. -this patch is the Task 10 Eudyptula Challenge that only fix one code style problem. --- drivers/staging/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835.c b/drivers/staging/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835.c index a84d74d..265fe55 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835.c +++ b/drivers/staging/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835.c @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ * to debug if we run into issues */ -static struct snd_card *g_card = NULL; -static struct bcm2835_chip *g_chip = NULL; +static struct snd_card *g_card; +static struct bcm2835_chip *g_chip; static int snd_bcm2835_free(struct bcm2835_chip *chip) { -- 2.7.4