> > Probably the same issue. The problem is that the first use of a variable > is in the OR section of an if statement that does a return. > > if (x || !(y = init_me()) > return; > > use_me(y); > More warnings: fs/partitions/check.c: In function `rescan_partitions': fs/partitions/check.c:511: warning: 'state' might be used uninitialized in this function => follow same pattern fs/compat_ioctl.c: In function `ppp_sock_fprog_ioctl_trans': fs/compat_ioctl.c:859: warning: 'fptr32' might be used uninitialized in this function fs/compat_ioctl.c: In function `do_fontx_ioctl': fs/compat_ioctl.c:1082: warning: 'data' might be used uninitialized in this function fs/compat_ioctl.c: In function `do_atmif_sioc': fs/compat_ioctl.c:1302: warning: 'data' might be used uninitialized in this function fs/compat_ioctl.c: In function `do_atm_ioctl': fs/compat_ioctl.c:1272: warning: 'data' might be used uninitialized in this function fs/compat_ioctl.c: In function `mtd_rw_oob': fs/compat_ioctl.c:1421: warning: 'data' might be used uninitialized in this function fs/compat_ioctl.c: In function `do_usbdevfs_discsignal': fs/compat_ioctl.c:1650: warning: 'uctx' might be used uninitialized in this function This is: if (get_user(flen, &u_fprog32->len) || get_user(fptr32, &u_fprog32->filter)) return -EFAULT; which is a common pattern. I have at least one in sparc64 code too. I did not come up with a nice solution on this one. drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c: In function `vt_ioctl': drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c:945: warning: 'cc' might be used uninitialized in this function get_user() || get_user() again. net/core/skbuff.c: In function `___pskb_trim': net/core/skbuff.c:1041: warning: 'err' might be used uninitialized in this function if (xxx && err = foo()) net/core/dev.c: In function `skb_gso_segment': net/core/dev.c:1537: warning: 'err' might be used uninitialized in this function net/core/dev.c: In function `netif_receive_skb': net/core/dev.c:2075: warning: 'port' might be used uninitialized in this function if (xx && err = ...) if (xx || port = ...) net/core/neighbour.c: In function `neigh_resolve_output': net/core/neighbour.c:1188: warning: 'neigh' might be used uninitialized in this function net/core/neighbour.c: In function `neigh_create': net/core/neighbour.c:411: warning: 'error' might be used uninitialized in this function if (xx || neigh = ...) net/ipv4/ip_output.c: In function `ip_append_data': net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1006: warning: 'left' might be used uninitialized in this function net/ipv4/tcp.c: In function `tcp_sendpage': net/ipv4/tcp.c:687: warning: 'copy' might be used uninitialized in this function net/ipv4/tcp.c: In function `tcp_sendmsg': net/ipv4/tcp.c:862: warning: 'copy' might be used uninitialized in this function net/ipv4/tcp.c: In function `tcp_recvmsg': net/ipv4/tcp.c:1598: warning: 'chunk' might be used uninitialized in this function net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c: In function `listening_get_next': net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1874: warning: 'node' might be used uninitialized in this function net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c: In function `established_get_next': net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2012: warning: 'node' might be used uninitialized in this function net/ipv4/raw.c: In function `__raw_v4_lookup': net/ipv4/raw.c:113: warning: 'node' might be used uninitialized in this function net/ipv4/udp.c: In function `__udp4_lib_rcv': net/ipv4/udp.c:325: warning: 'node' might be used uninitialized in this function net/ipv4/udp.c:325: warning: 'node' might be used uninitialized in this function net/ipv4/devinet.c: In function `inet_gifconf': net/ipv4/devinet.c:821: warning: 'ifa' might be used uninitialized in this function net/ipv4/ipmr.c: In function `ipmr_get_route': net/ipv4/ipmr.c:1629: warning: 'vif' might be used uninitialized in this function net/ipv4/syncookies.c: In function `cookie_v4_check': net/ipv4/syncookies.c:263: warning: 'mss' might be used uninitialized in this function I have two warnings in sparc code I will deal with. One of them is the get_user() || get_user() pattern so I dunno how to fix it atm. The above is from a: make ARCH=sparc64 allmodconfig make ARCH=sparc64 vmlinux I did not try to build modules... Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html