large global static arrays

[Greg KH]

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.

greg k-h