On 31/07/2019 16:34, Aurélien Aptel wrote: > "Dan Carpenter" <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> You're just turning off GCC's static analysis (and introducing false >> positives) when you do that. We have seen bugs caused by this and never >> seen any bugs prevented by this style. > > You've never seen bugs prevented by initializing uninitialized > variables? Code can change overtime and I don't think coverity is > checked as often as it could be, meaning the var could end up being used > while uninitialized in the future. gcc/clang should pick up uninitialized vars at compile time. also I run coverity daily on linux-next. Colin > > Anyway I won't die on this hill, merge this if you prefer. > > Cheers, >