Re: [PATCH 06/10] clk: st: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

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Quoting Kees Cook (2020-06-03 16:31:59)
> 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:
> 
> drivers/clk/st/clkgen-fsyn.c: In function \u2018quadfs_set_rate\u2019:
> drivers/clk/st/clkgen-fsyn.c:793:6: warning: unused variable \u2018i\u2019 [-Wunused-variable]
>   793 |  int i;
>       |      ^
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Acked-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx>




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