Re: [PATCH v2] somedriver: remove the initialization of static pointers.

From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Tue Feb 07 2017 - 18:09:32 EST


On 02/07/2017 01:55 PM, AbdAllah-MEZITI wrote:
> In C a static pointer will be initialized to NULL.
> The Â6.7.8 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.

The commit subject should be based on previous submissions, if you do a
git log --oneline drivers/staging/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835.c you will see
that the most frequent subject used was:

Staging: bcm2835-audio:

So you should utilize the same subject prefix, and make your prefix be
something like:

Staging: bcm2835-audio: Remove the initialization of static pointers

>
> Signed-off-by: AbdAllah-MEZITI <abdallah.meziti.pro@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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)
> {
>


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Florian