Re: [PATCH v2 08/16] spi: davinci: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

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On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 09:39:20PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 08:29:59PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> > (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
> > "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
> > simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
> > to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just remove this variable since it was
> > actually unused:
> 
> Please copy maintainers on patches :(

Hi! Sorry about that; the CC list was giant, so I had opted for using
subsystem mailing lists where possible.

> Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

-- 
Kees Cook



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