In C a static pointer will be initialized to NULL. The §6.7.8 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. 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. v3: -fix the subject prefix: must be based on the previous submissions. --- 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) { -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel