Make boot_param_data pure BSS Since it's all zero. Actually I think gcc 4+ will do that automatically, but earlier compilers won't Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen --- arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c +++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ #include #include -char x86_boot_params[BOOT_PARAM_SIZE] __initdata = {0,}; +char x86_boot_params[BOOT_PARAM_SIZE] __initdata; cpumask_t cpu_initialized __cpuinitdata = CPU_MASK_NONE;