Re: [PATCH] More network pci_enable cleanups.

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Date: Sun Feb 11 2001 - 07:12:15 EST

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davej@suse.de wrote:
> > > - int cards_found = 0;
> > > + int cards_found;
> > Rejected. Introduces bug. That zero is required!
>
> Refresh my memory here. I thought unitialised vars go to bss,
> and get zeroed at boot time ?

cards_found is on the stack, which can contain random crap..

Jeff

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