Hi Arnd, On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 4:27 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > When we build this driver with on x86-32, gcc produces a false-positive warning: > > drivers/clk/renesas/clk-sh73a0.c: In function 'sh73a0_cpg_clocks_init': > drivers/clk/renesas/clk-sh73a0.c:155:10: error: 'parent_name' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] > return clk_register_fixed_factor(NULL, name, parent_name, 0, > > We can work around that warning by adding a fake initialization, I tried > and failed to come up with any better workaround. This is currently one > of few remaining warnings for a 4.14.y randconfig build, so it would be > good to also have it backported at least to that version. Older versions > have more randconfig warnings, so we might not care. > > I had not noticed this earlier, because one patch in my randconfig test > tree removes the '-ffreestanding' option on x86-32, and that avoids > the warning. The -ffreestanding flag was originally global but moved > into arch/i386 by Andi Kleen in commit 6edfba1b33c7 ("[PATCH] x86_64: > Don't define string functions to builtin") as a 'temporary workaround'. > > Like many temporary hacks, this turned out to be rather long-lived, from > all I can tell we still need a simple fix to asm/string_32.h before it > can be removed, but I'm not sure about how to best do that. > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Thanks, this is a known false positive. Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/clk/renesas/clk-sh73a0.c | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/clk/renesas/clk-sh73a0.c b/drivers/clk/renesas/clk-sh73a0.c > index eea38f6ea77e..3892346c4fcc 100644 > --- a/drivers/clk/renesas/clk-sh73a0.c > +++ b/drivers/clk/renesas/clk-sh73a0.c > @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct div4_clk { > unsigned int shift; > }; > > -static struct div4_clk div4_clks[] = { > +static const struct div4_clk div4_clks[] = { This change is not part of the fix... > { "zg", "pll0", CPG_FRQCRA, 16 }, > { "m3", "pll1", CPG_FRQCRA, 12 }, > { "b", "pll1", CPG_FRQCRA, 8 }, > @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ sh73a0_cpg_register_clock(struct device_node *np, struct sh73a0_cpg *cpg, > { > const struct clk_div_table *table = NULL; > unsigned int shift, reg, width; > - const char *parent_name; > + const char *parent_name = NULL; > unsigned int mult = 1; > unsigned int div = 1; > > @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ sh73a0_cpg_register_clock(struct device_node *np, struct sh73a0_cpg *cpg, > shift = 24; > width = 5; > } else { > - struct div4_clk *c; > + const struct div4_clk *c; ... and neither is this one. > > for (c = div4_clks; c->name; c++) { > if (!strcmp(name, c->name)) { Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds