1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/litmus.c b/src/litmus.c
index f71f337..d3cc6bb 100644
--- a/src/litmus.c
+++ b/src/litmus.c
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 #include "litmus.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 
-void show_rt_param(struct rt_task* tp) 
+void show_rt_param(struct rt_task* tp)
 {
         printf("rt params:\n\t"
                "exec_cost:\t%llu\n\tperiod:\t\t%llu\n\tcpu:\t%d\n",
                tp->exec_cost, tp->period, tp->cpu);
 }
 
-task_class_t str2class(const char* str) 
+task_class_t str2class(const char* str)
 {
         if      (!strcmp(str, "hrt"))
                 return RT_CLASS_HARD;
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ int sporadic_task_ns(lt_t e, lt_t p, lt_t phase,
 {
         struct rt_task param;
         int ret;
+
+        /* Zero out first --- this is helpful when we add plugin-specific
+         * parameters during development.
+         */
+        memset(&param, 0, sizeof(param));
+
         param.exec_cost = e;
         param.period    = p;
         param.cpu       = cpu;
@@ -62,7 +68,7 @@ int sporadic_task_ns(lt_t e, lt_t p, lt_t phase,
         param.phase     = phase;
         param.budget_policy = budget_policy;
 
-        if (set_cpu_set) {             
+        if (set_cpu_set) {
                 ret = be_migrate_to(cpu);
                 check("migrate to cpu");
         }