Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] nl80211: avoid "wdev_id may be used uninitialized" | From | Johannes Berg <> | Date | Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:51:37 +0100 |
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On Wed, 2013-01-30 at 09:49 -0700, Stephen Warren wrote: > On 01/30/2013 12:57 AM, Johannes Berg wrote: > > On Tue, 2013-01-29 at 17:11 -0700, Stephen Warren wrote: > >> From: Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com> > >> > >> Silence the following: > >> net/wireless/nl80211.c: In function '__cfg80211_wdev_from_attrs.clone.119': > >> net/wireless/nl80211.c:57:6: warning: 'wdev_id' may be used uninitialized in this function > >> > >> ... by always initializing wdev_id to zero. I assume that wiphy_idx and > >> ifidx are set to -1 for similar reasons, so this change simply propagates > >> the same workaround. > >> > >> In practice, this warning is false, since wdev_id is both set and used > >> under the condition if (have_wdev_id). However, at least my compiler > >> can't be coerced into realizing this; almost any code between the if > >> blocks that set and use the variable causes this warning. > > > > I don't see this warning? What compiler are you using? > > I'm using gcc-4.5.3 for ARM. I checked with gcc-4.6.3 and gcc-4.7.2 and > indeed I don't see the warning there.
Interesting. So should I keep it or remove it? I guess in this particular instance it doesn't matter all that much. In other cases I'd be more against changing it I guess.
johannes
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