Dear Shawn Guo, > On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 04:02:56PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote: > > Dear Shawn Guo, > > > > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 11:01:08PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote: > > > > > > > It complains that data might be undefined, do you want it in a > > > > > > > separate patch then ? > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, but only if you can prove that the compiler is right. > > > > > > > > > > It's not right, because that variable is always initialized, but > > > > > this at least squashes the compile warning. > > > > > > > > The compiler needs to be fixed, not the kernel. > > > > I second this. > > I agree on this too. > > > > Heh, this is coming up again. I'm not convincing you to take the > > > change, but just curious what if this is not a compile warning but > > > an error for the same cause that compiler is not right. > > > > Can you elaborate? > > Will we have the kernel not compilable for a few cycles until the > compiler fixing is available, or we work it around to keep kernel > compiling and working before we have the compiler fixed? This is kind of lacmus paper showing if the compiler was fixed. On the other hand, many people won't have a fixed compiler for a long time, so I'd be for applying this patch. Best regards, Marek Vasut -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
