Hi Kalle, I still see this warning in KernelCI builds of linux-next.
Is ath-next flowing into linux-next? I just want to triple check that
this fix gets sent along.
On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 6:24 AM Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Clang warns a few times (trimmed for brevity):
> >
> > ../drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debugfs_sta.c:185:7: warning:
> > variable 'rate_idx' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is
> > false [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> >
> > It is not wrong, rate_idx is only initialized in the first if block.
> > However, this is not necessarily an issue in practice because rate_idx
> > will only be used when initialized because
> > ath11k_accumulate_per_peer_tx_stats only uses rate_idx when flags is not
> > set to RATE_INFO_FLAGS_HE_MCS, RATE_INFO_FLAGS_VHT_MCS, or
> > RATE_INFO_FLAGS_MCS. Still, it is not good to stick uninitialized values
> > into another function so initialize it to zero to prevent any issues
> > down the line.
> >
> > Fixes: d5c65159f289 ("ath11k: driver for Qualcomm IEEE 802.11ax devices")
> > Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/832
> > Reported-by: ci_notify@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.
>
> df57acc415b1 ath11k: Silence clang -Wsometimes-uninitialized in ath11k_update_per_peer_stats_from_txcompl
>
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> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11357331/
>
> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers
