[klibc] [klibc 30/31] Remove in-kernel resume-from-disk invocation code

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Wed Jul 5 21:07:21 PDT 2006


Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> Hi again.
> 
> (Trimming the ccs - hope that's ok).
> 
> I have one more question, if I may: since klibc is userspace, I can't assume 
> variables are init'd to zero, can I? (being built as part of the kernel tree 
> doesn't invalidate that assumption?)
> 

Static variables are initialized to zero; that is guaranteed by the C 
standard.

Automatic (stack) variables, of course, are uninitialized.

In other words, the rules are exactly the same as in the kernel.

	-hpa



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