Re: [PATCH] i386: always clear bss

[Eric W. Biederman]

"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> 
>> I have this vague memory of liking 0x3c because if we do happen to use
>> more room then we intended the consequences are pretty benign.
>> 
>> But that is a pretty minor consequence.
>> 

I meant to say it is a pretty minor consideration.

> That's a dangerous assumption (besides, it's likely wrong, since there
> are only two unused bytes below it.)

Worse case on a modern machine is that we get a messed up screen.
The odds of it happening are sufficiently remote that it isn't worth
worrying about.

Eric
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