The patch titled drivers/char/synclink_gt.c: don't return an uninitialised local has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is drivers-char-synclink_gtc-dont-return-an-uninitialised-local.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: drivers/char/synclink_gt.c: don't return an uninitialised local From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> drivers/char/synclink_gt.c: In function 'put_char': drivers/char/synclink_gt.c:919: warning: 'ret' may be used uninitialized in this function The compiler speakest truth. Cc: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/synclink_gt.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/char/synclink_gt.c~drivers-char-synclink_gtc-dont-return-an-uninitialised-local drivers/char/synclink_gt.c --- a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c~drivers-char-synclink_gtc-dont-return-an-uninitialised-local +++ a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c @@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ static int put_char(struct tty_struct *t { struct slgt_info *info = tty->driver_data; unsigned long flags; - int ret; + int ret = 0; if (sanity_check(info, tty->name, "put_char")) return 0; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch quota-dont-call-sync_fs-from-vfs_quota_off-when-theres-no-quota-turn-off-fix.patch fix-hfsplus-oops-on-image-without-extents-fix.patch rtc-rtc_time_to_tm-use-unsigned-arithmetic-fix.patch 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