Re: [PATCH] 8139too thread termination

[Jeff Garzik]

Robert Kuebel wrote:
> 
> ok, i am wondering if i have made a mistake.  this patch will make the
> kernel thread die when tp->time_to_die is true.  tp is kmalloc()'ed
> inside of alloc_etherdev.  i didn't initialize time_to_die to 0, but
> this patch has been working perfectly for me.  am i just lucky or are
> kmalloc()'ed regions zero'ed out?

And here I thought you did it on purpose :)

alloc_etherdev zeroes memory it allocates, so in net drivers all private
structures can be considered initialized to zero when you get them.

	Jeff

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