large global static arrays

[Greg KH]

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 at kroah.com> 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