linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] epoll: initialize slack for negative timeout values

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Date:	Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:38:21 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	Shawn Bohrer <shawn.bohrer@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jack Stone <jwjstone@...tmail.fm>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] epoll: initialize slack for negative timeout values

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 12:00, Shawn Bohrer wrote:
> When a negative timeout value is passed to epoll the 'slack' variable is
> currently unitialized:
>
> fs/eventpoll.c: In function ‘ep_poll’:
> fs/eventpoll.c:1119: warning: ‘slack’ may be used uninitialized in this function

still in 2.6.38 ? :/
-mike
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