drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c: In function ‘persistent_read_metadata’: drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c:452: warning: ‘new_snapshot’ may be used uninitialized in this function drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c: In function ‘ctl_ioctl’: drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c:1407: warning: ‘param’ may be used uninitialized in this function [ For these, I'd like to especially add -- shame on you, gcc! ] drivers/md/dm-table.c: In function ‘dm_get_device’: drivers/md/dm-table.c:472: warning: ‘dev’ may be used uninitialized in this function are all verified to be bogus warnings. Let's shut them up. --- drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c | 3 ++- drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 2 +- drivers/md/dm-table.c | 2 +- 3 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletion(-) --- linux-2.6.23-rc4-mm1/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c~fix 2007-09-03 01:05:12.000000000 +0530 +++ linux-2.6.23-rc4-mm1/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c 2007-09-03 01:11:37.000000000 +0530 @@ -449,7 +449,8 @@ static void persistent_destroy(struct ex static int persistent_read_metadata(struct exception_store *store) { - int r, new_snapshot; + int r; + int uninitialized_var(new_snapshot); struct pstore *ps = get_info(store); /* --- linux-2.6.23-rc4-mm1/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c~fix 2007-09-03 01:04:58.000000000 +0530 +++ linux-2.6.23-rc4-mm1/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c 2007-09-03 01:07:04.000000000 +0530 @@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ static int ctl_ioctl(struct inode *inode { int r = 0; unsigned int cmd; - struct dm_ioctl *param; + struct dm_ioctl * uninitialized_var(param); struct dm_ioctl __user *user = (struct dm_ioctl __user *) u; ioctl_fn fn = NULL; size_t param_size; --- linux-2.6.23-rc4-mm1/drivers/md/dm-table.c~fix 2007-09-03 00:56:05.000000000 +0530 +++ linux-2.6.23-rc4-mm1/drivers/md/dm-table.c 2007-09-03 00:57:15.000000000 +0530 @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static int __table_get_device(struct dm_ int mode, struct dm_dev **result) { int r; - dev_t dev; + dev_t uninitialized_var(dev); struct dm_dev *dd; unsigned int major, minor;
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