Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 3 Apr 2012 04:14:58 +0200 (CEST) | | From | Jiri Kosina <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] HID: hid-lg4ff: Use Private Data |
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On Mon, 2 Apr 2012, simon@mungewell.org wrote:
> >> + struct lg4ff_device_entry *uninitialized_var(entry); > >> + struct lg_drv_data *uninitialized_var(drv_data); > > > > You don't need uninitialized_var bloat anymroe, right? > > I guess I don't fully understand the 'unitialized_var()' macro, and was > just following the previous uses in the code. > > Google'ing doesn't really help either. Is there a definitive guide as when > to use and not?
As Jiri Slaby already explained, it's rather a hack to shut up gcc in cases in which it gets the unused warning wrong.
But even that is considered controversial by some people ...
-- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs
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