Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | rtg.canonical@gmail ... | Subject | [PATCH 3.17-rc2] fs: namespace: suppress 'may be used uninitialized' warnings | Date | Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:51:05 -0600 |
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From: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com>
The gcc version 4.9.1 compiler complains Even though it isn't possible for these variables to not get initialized before they are used.
fs/namespace.c: In function ‘SyS_mount’: fs/namespace.c:2720:8: warning: ‘kernel_dev’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] ret = do_mount(kernel_dev, kernel_dir->name, kernel_type, flags, ^ fs/namespace.c:2699:8: note: ‘kernel_dev’ was declared here char *kernel_dev; ^ fs/namespace.c:2720:8: warning: ‘kernel_type’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] ret = do_mount(kernel_dev, kernel_dir->name, kernel_type, flags, ^ fs/namespace.c:2697:8: note: ‘kernel_type’ was declared here char *kernel_type; ^ Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com> --- fs/namespace.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c index 20232e4..8681260 100644 --- a/fs/namespace.c +++ b/fs/namespace.c @@ -2694,9 +2694,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mount, char __user *, dev_name, char __user *, dir_name, char __user *, type, unsigned long, flags, void __user *, data) { int ret; - char *kernel_type; + char *uninitialized_var(kernel_type); struct filename *kernel_dir; - char *kernel_dev; + char *uninitialized_var(kernel_dev); unsigned long data_page; ret = copy_mount_string(type, &kernel_type); -- 2.1.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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