On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 12:01:37PM +0530, Ani Sinha wrote: > On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 11:59 AM Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 11:44:32AM +0530, Ani Sinha wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I’m curious to know whether large static arrays can be declared inside > > > any module ( kernel source .c file). > > > > Yes. > > > > > I am aware that kernel stack > > > space can be limited and so within the function it’s not a good idea > > > to declare large sized arrays. I’m just wondering if the same > > > restriction applies to global declaration of arrays. > > > > As they are not on the stack, they are fine. See the kernel source for > > lots of examples of this. > > Can you point me to one? You can search the source tree as easily as I can, so I'll leave it as an "exercise for the reader" to complete :) have fun! greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
