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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ppdev: Distribute switch variables for initialization
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 10:23:11PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> Variables declared in a switch statement before any case statements
> cannot be automatically initialized with compiler instrumentation (as
> they are not part of any execution flow). With GCC's proposed automatic
> stack variable initialization feature, this triggers a warning (and they
> don't get initialized). Clang's automatic stack variable initialization
> (via CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL=y) doesn't throw a warning, but it also
> doesn't initialize such variables[1]. Note that these warnings (or silent
> skipping) happen before the dead-store elimination optimization phase,
> so even when the automatic initializations are later elided in favor of
> direct initializations, the warnings remain.
>
> To avoid these problems, move such variables into the "case" where
> they're used or lift them up into the main function body.
>
> drivers/char/ppdev.c: In function ‘pp_do_ioctl’:
> drivers/char/ppdev.c:516:25: warning: statement will never be executed [-Wswitch-unreachable]
> 516 | struct ieee1284_info *info;
> | ^~~~
>
> [1] https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44916
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

Acked-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>

Greg, Can you please take it in your tree...

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Regards
Sudip

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