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Subject: RE: [PATCH] drm/amdgpu: do not initialise global variables to 0 or
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 1:53 AM
> To: Koenig, Christian <Christian.Koenig@amd.com>
> Cc: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com>; Deepak R Varma
> <mh12gx2825@gmail.com>; David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>; LKML <linux-
> kernel@vger.kernel.org>; Maling list - DRI developers <dri-
> devel@lists.freedesktop.org>; Melissa Wen <melissa.srw@gmail.com>;
> amd-gfx list <amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org>; Daniel Vetter
> <daniel@ffwll.ch>; Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>; Deucher,
> Alexander <Alexander.Deucher@amd.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/amdgpu: do not initialise global variables to 0 =
or
> NULL
>=20
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 09:06:21PM +0100, Christian K=F6nig wrote:
> > Am 02.11.20 um 20:43 schrieb Alex Deucher:
> > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 1:42 PM Deepak R Varma
> <mh12gx2825@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Initializing global variable to 0 or NULL is not necessary and
> > > > should be avoided. Issue reported by checkpatch script as:
> > > > ERROR: do not initialise globals to 0 (or NULL).
> > > I agree that this is technically correct, but a lot of people don't
> > > seem to know that so we get a lot of comments about this code for
> > > the variables that are not explicitly set.  Seems less confusing to
> > > initialize them even if it not necessary.  I don't have a
> > > particularly strong opinion on it however.
> >
> > Agree with Alex.
> >
> > Especially for the module parameters we should have a explicit init
> > value for documentation purposes, even when it is 0.
>=20
> Why is this one tiny driver somehow special compared to the entire rest o=
f
> the kernel?  (hint, it isn't...)
>=20
> Please follow the normal coding style rules, there's no reason to ignore =
them
> unless you like to constantly reject patches like this that get sent to y=
ou.
>=20

I'll apply the patch, but as a data point, this is the first time I've gott=
en a patch to make this change.  I get several bug reports or patches every=
 year to explicitly set values to global variables because users assume the=
y are not initialized.  So it will always be a trade off as to which patche=
s you want to NACK.

Alex