On Tue, 2012-09-25 at 14:07 +0200, Paul Bolle wrote: > Compiling aic94xx_sds.o (part of the aic94xx driver) triggers this GCC > warning: > drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_sds.c: In function 'asd_read_flash': > drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_sds.c:597:21: warning: 'offs' may be used > uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] > drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_sds.c:985:6: note: 'offs' was declared here > > This warning can be traced back to asd_find_flash_de(). If it fails to > find a FLASH_DE_CTRL_A_USER entry it will return without setting 'offs'. > And that will leave 'offs' uninitialized when asd_read_flash_seg() is > called a little later. > > But that call of asd_read_flash_seg() isn't needed in that case. > Everything this code cares about can already be found in the "default > CTRL-A user settings section" that was created in the error path. So > let's just jump over that call (and all other unneeded code) after > creating that section. > > Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebo...@tiscali.nl> > --- > 0) I noticed this warning while building v3.6-rc7 on current Fedora > 17, using Fedora's default config.
And, again, identical warnings can be seen while building v3.7-rc3. What's the status of my patch? Did anyone found some time to have a look at it? Paul Bolle -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
