On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 11:21:35PM -0700, Greg Thelen wrote:
> gcc 4.8.4 complains that mlx4_SW2HW_MPT_wrapper() uses an uninitialized
> 'mpt' variable:
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c: In function 
> 'mlx4_SW2HW_MPT_wrapper':
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c:2802:12: warning: 
> 'mpt' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>      mpt->mtt = mtt;
>
> I think this warning is a false complaint.  mpt is only used when
> mr_res_start_move_to() return zero, and in all such cases it initializes
> mpt.
> But apparently gcc cannot see that.
>
> Initialize mpt to avoid the warning.
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthe...@google.com>
> ---

It looks like other callers of mr_res_start_move_to() have the same
"uninitialized" variable.

Thanks

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