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Date:	Mon, 3 Sep 2012 20:47:34 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	"Myklebust, Trond" <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix memset in NFS zap caches

> No, this is a gcc bug.
> 
> NFS_COOKIEVERF(inode) resolves to an array, so the current code is
> correct. The above change will cause the 2nd half of the array to remain
> uninitialised...

Are you sure?

include/linux/nfs_fs.h:268:static inline __be32 *NFS_COOKIEVERF(const struct inode *inode)

That doesn't look like an array type to me. 

-Andi

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