Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:38:28 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH]Silencing warning: 'host' may be used uninitialized in this function |
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Marin Mitov wrote: > Hi all, > > I do not know if that is worth the effort, but... > > Silencing: warning: 'host' may be used uninitialized in this function > It is a false positive. > > The patch is against 2.6.30-rc1, but should apply to 2.6.29(.1) too. > > Signed-off-by: Marin Mitov mitov@issp.bas.bg > ================================================ > --- a/drivers/ata/sata_via.c 2009-04-05 22:59:26.000000000 +0300 > +++ b/drivers/ata/sata_via.c 2009-04-06 00:07:25.000000000 +0300 > @@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ > static int printed_version; > unsigned int i; > int rc; > - struct ata_host *host; > + struct ata_host *host = host; > int board_id = (int) ent->driver_data; > const unsigned *bar_sizes;
we use the uninitialized_var() macro for false positives.
Jeff
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