Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] jfs: fix bogus variable self-initialization | From | Dave Kleikamp <> | Date | Fri, 22 Mar 2019 09:41:21 -0500 |
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On 3/22/19 9:19 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > A statement was originally added in 2006 to shut up a gcc warning, > now but now clang warns about it: > > fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:1932:15: error: variable 'pxd' is uninitialized when used within its own initialization > [-Werror,-Wuninitialized] > pxd_t pxd = pxd; /* truncated extent of xad */ > ~~~ ^~~ > > Modern versions of gcc are fine without the silly assignment, so just > drop it. Tested with gcc-4.6 (released 2011), 4.7, 4.8, and 4.9.
Thanks Arnd. Will push it upstream.
Shaggy
> > Fixes: c9e3ad6021e5 ("JFS: Get rid of "may be used uninitialized" warnings") > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@oracle.com>
> --- > fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c | 3 +-- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c > index a5663cb621d8..78789c5ed36b 100644 > --- a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c > +++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c > @@ -1928,8 +1928,7 @@ static void xtLog(struct jfs_log * log, struct tblock * tblk, struct lrd * lrd, > * header ? > */ > if (tlck->type & tlckTRUNCATE) { > - /* This odd declaration suppresses a bogus gcc warning */ > - pxd_t pxd = pxd; /* truncated extent of xad */ > + pxd_t pxd; /* truncated extent of xad */ > int twm; > > /* >
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