gcc 4.9.1 cannot figure out that jump would be initialized if both head and location are not null. Initialize jump with NULL and check that it's not NULL before using. jump is not NULL at menu.c:590 if and only if head and location are not NULL. Once jump is assigned a non-NULL value, head and location cannot go from NULL to non-NULL or vice versa. It means that (jump != NULL) is equal to (head && location != 0). Thus remove checks for head and location. The intent of the check is to ensure that jump is initialized, so make the code match its intent and easier to read. There should be no behavior change in get_prompt_str() regardless of the input. Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@xxxxxxx> --- scripts/kconfig/menu.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c index a26cc5d..72c9dba 100644 --- a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c +++ b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static void get_prompt_str(struct gstr *r, struct property *prop, { int i, j; struct menu *submenu[8], *menu, *location = NULL; - struct jump_key *jump; + struct jump_key *jump = NULL; str_printf(r, _("Prompt: %s\n"), _(prop->text)); menu = prop->menu->parent; @@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static void get_prompt_str(struct gstr *r, struct property *prop, str_printf(r, _(" Location:\n")); for (j = 4; --i >= 0; j += 2) { menu = submenu[i]; - if (head && location && menu == location) + if (jump && menu == location) jump->offset = strlen(r->s); str_printf(r, "%*c-> %s", j, ' ', _(menu_get_prompt(menu))); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html