Rock Lee <[email protected]> writes: > Hi, all: > Here is a snippet of linux-v3.4 which drives me crazy. > Because init_task hasn't been declared yet when init_thread_union is > initializing. Why is there no compiling error? Any hint would be helpful. > > union thread_union init_thread_union __init_task_data = > > { INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) }; > > > > /* > > * Initial task structure. > > * > > * All other task structs will be allocated on slabs in fork.c > > */ > > struct task_struct init_task = INIT_TASK(init_task);
Because init_task is declared "extern" in linux/sched.h Bjørn _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
