On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:15:26 +0100 Marek Belisko wrote: > Signed-off-by: Marek Belisko <marek.belisko@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c | 2 +- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) a. always include the warning or error message that the patch fixes b. (quoting from another email yesterday:) so in your analysis of this compiler warning, was the warning correct & justified, or was it false? I.e., is the init to NULL needed? If it was false, could we just silence the warning by using: struct ft1000_info *unitialized_var(pft1000info); plus #include <linux/compiler.h> ? > diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c > index 99e3339..b7c4602 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c > @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int ft1000_probe(struct usb_interface *interface, > int i, ret = 0, size; > > struct ft1000_device *ft1000dev; > - struct ft1000_info *pft1000info; > + struct ft1000_info *pft1000info = NULL; > const struct firmware *dsp_fw; > > ft1000dev = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ft1000_device), GFP_KERNEL); > -- --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel