Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 24 Nov 2025 23:29:59 +0530 | | From | Ankit Khushwaha <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] selftests/net: initialize char variable to null |
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On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 12:46:52PM -0500, Willem de Bruijn wrote: > Ankit Khushwaha wrote: > > char variable in 'so_txtime.c' & 'txtimestamp.c' left uninitilized > > by when switch default case taken. raises following warning. > > > > txtimestamp.c:240:2: warning: variable 'tsname' is used uninitialized > > whenever switch default is taken [-Wsometimes-uninitialized] > > > > so_txtime.c:210:3: warning: variable 'reason' is used uninitialized > > whenever switch default is taken [-Wsometimes-uninitialized] > > > > initialize these variables to NULL to fix this. > > > > Signed-off-by: Ankit Khushwaha <ankitkhushwaha.linux@gmail.com> > > These are false positives as the default branches in both cases exit > the program with error(..). > > Since we do not observe these in normal kernel compilations: are you > enabling non-standard warnings?
Hi Willem,
this warning appeared while building the 'tools/testing/selftests/net' multiple times. Cmd used to build make -C tools/testing/selftests/net CC=clang V=1 -j8
while test building by "make -C tools/testing/selftests/ CC=clang V=1 -j8" doesn't raises these warning.
Thanks, -- Ankit
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