linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: make gcc happy

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Date:	Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:38:23 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>
Cc:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@...lsil.com.cn>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: make gcc happy

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 10:16:30PM +0100, Alessio Igor Bogani wrote:
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/trx.c: In function ‘rtl92ce_rx_query_desc’:
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/trx.c:255:5: warning: ‘rf_rx_num’ may be used uninitialized in this function
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/trx.c:257:12: warning: ‘total_rssi’ may be used uninitialized in this function
> drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/trx.c:466:6: warning: ‘weighting’ may be used uninitialized in this function
> 

These fix actual bugs where uninitialized values are used; it's not
just a matter of silencing warnings.  The patch title should mention
that.  Perhaps something like:

[patch] rtlwifi: fix places where uninitialized data is used

regards,
dan carpenter
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