On Fri, 2019-03-22 at 15:13 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Clang incorrectly warns about an uninitialized variable:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c:2114:12: error: variable
> 'queue' is used uninitialized whenever 'if'
> condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> else if (WARN(1, "Missing required TXQ for adding
> bcast STA\n"))
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~~~~~~~~~~
> include/asm-generic/bug.h:130:36: note: expanded from macro 'WARN'
> #define WARN(condition, format...)
> ({ \
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~~~~
> drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c:2119:33: note:
> uninitialized use occurs here
> iwl_mvm_enable_txq(mvm, NULL, queue, 0, &cfg,
> wdg_timeout);
> ^~~~~
> drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c:2114:8: note: remove the
> 'if' if its condition is always true
> else if (WARN(1, "Missing required TXQ for adding
> bcast STA\n"))
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c:2094:11: note:
> initialize the variable 'queue' to silence this warning
> int queue;
> ^
> = 0
> 1 error generated.
>
> This cannot happen because the if/else if/else if block always
> has one code path that is entered. However, we can simply
> rearrange the code to let clang see this as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
Thanks for the patch, Arnd! But I have already queued up an equivalent
patch for v5.2 (should probably reach linux-next by the end of next
week or so):
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10844025/
--
Cheers,
Luca.
