From: Arjan van de Ven root_nfs_name is called one in single threaded environment; can use static. --- 25-akpm/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/nfs/nfsroot.c~stack-reductions-nfsroot fs/nfs/nfsroot.c --- 25/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c~stack-reductions-nfsroot 2004-03-26 12:36:21.414844072 -0800 +++ 25-akpm/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c 2004-03-26 12:36:21.418843464 -0800 @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static int __init root_nfs_parse(char *n */ static int __init root_nfs_name(char *name) { - char buf[NFS_MAXPATHLEN]; + static char buf[NFS_MAXPATHLEN]; char *cp; /* Set some default values */ _