Otherwise it would output <NULL> as __cpu_name global variable ends up being a null pointer. Signed-off-by: Denis Orlov <denorl2009@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/lib/cpu-probe.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/cpu-probe.c b/arch/mips/lib/cpu-probe.c index cbde43a595..47c9c671eb 100644 --- a/arch/mips/lib/cpu-probe.c +++ b/arch/mips/lib/cpu-probe.c @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ #include <asm-generic/memory_layout.h> #include <init.h> -const char *__cpu_name; +const char *__cpu_name = "unknown"; struct cpuinfo_mips cpu_data[1]; static char unknown_isa[] = KERN_ERR \ -- 2.44.0