On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:16 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> asus_wmi_evaluate_method() is an empty dummy function when CONFIG_ASUS_WMI
> is disabled, or not reachable from a built-in device driver. This leads to
> a theoretical evaluation of an uninitialized variable that the compiler
> complains about, failing to check that the hardcoded return value makes
> this an unreachable code path:
>
> In file included from include/linux/printk.h:336,
> from include/linux/kernel.h:14,
> from include/linux/list.h:9,
> from include/linux/dmi.h:5,
> from drivers/hid/hid-asus.c:29:
> drivers/hid/hid-asus.c: In function 'asus_input_configured':
> include/linux/dynamic_debug.h:135:3: error: 'value' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
> __dynamic_dev_dbg(&descriptor, dev, fmt, \
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/hid/hid-asus.c:359:6: note: 'value' was declared here
> u32 value;
> ^~~~~
>
> With an extra IS_ENABLED() check, the warning goes away.
>
> Fixes: 3b692c55e58d ("HID: asus: only support backlight when it's not driven by WMI")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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