On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:55:23 -0300 Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxx>
>
> This addresses:
>
> CC [M] drivers/serial/8250.o
> drivers/serial/8250.c: In function âserial8250_shutdownâ:
> drivers/serial/8250.c:1696: warning: âiâ may be used uninitialized in this function
> drivers/serial/8250.c:1696: note: âiâ was declared here
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 quieten the warning by using:
struct irq_info *unitialized_var(i);
plus #include <linux/compiler.h> ?
> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/serial/8250.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/serial/8250.c b/drivers/serial/8250.c
> index 4d8e14b..f734eee 100644
> --- a/drivers/serial/8250.c
> +++ b/drivers/serial/8250.c
> @@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ static int serial_link_irq_chain(struct uart_8250_port *up)
>
> static void serial_unlink_irq_chain(struct uart_8250_port *up)
> {
> - struct irq_info *i;
> + struct irq_info *i = NULL;
> struct hlist_node *n;
> struct hlist_head *h;
>
> --
---
~Randy
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