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], initialize "i" to zero. The compiler warning was not a false positive, since clk_pll_set_rate()'s call to clk_pll_round_rate_index() will always fail (since "prate" is NULL), so "i" was never being initialized. [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/ Fixes: 7d4998f71b29 ("clk: SPEAr: Vco-pll: Fix compilation warning") Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/clk/spear/clk-vco-pll.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/clk/spear/clk-vco-pll.c b/drivers/clk/spear/clk-vco-pll.c index c08dec30bfa6..fed194169666 100644 --- a/drivers/clk/spear/clk-vco-pll.c +++ b/drivers/clk/spear/clk-vco-pll.c @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static int clk_pll_set_rate(struct clk_hw *hw, unsigned long drate, struct clk_pll *pll = to_clk_pll(hw); struct pll_rate_tbl *rtbl = pll->vco->rtbl; unsigned long flags = 0, val; - int uninitialized_var(i); + int i = 0; clk_pll_round_rate_index(hw, drate, NULL, &i); -- 2.25.1
