linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio: common: ssp_sensors: Fix uninitialized warning for timestamp

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Date:	Sat, 18 Apr 2015 20:02:45 +0100
From:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To:	Karol Wrona <k.wrona@...sung.com>, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
	Peter Meerwald <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
	Karol Wrona <wrona.vy@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: common: ssp_sensors: Fix uninitialized warning for
 timestamp

On 16/04/15 10:30, Karol Wrona wrote:
> calculated_time variable caused warning as uninitialized.  It was not harmful
> because it was evaluated in the path in which was used later but it is to
> satisfy the checkers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Karol Wrona <k.wrona@...sung.com>
Dumb compiler. It's a false positive and as the function is an inline in the header,
it should be able to tell. 

What compiler is spitting out the warning?

> ---
>  drivers/iio/common/ssp_sensors/ssp_iio.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/common/ssp_sensors/ssp_iio.c b/drivers/iio/common/ssp_sensors/ssp_iio.c
> index a3ae165..16180e6 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/common/ssp_sensors/ssp_iio.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/common/ssp_sensors/ssp_iio.c
> @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ int ssp_common_process_data(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, void *buf,
>  			    unsigned int len, int64_t timestamp)
>  {
>  	__le32 time;
> -	int64_t calculated_time;
> +	int64_t calculated_time = 0;
>  	struct ssp_sensor_data *spd = iio_priv(indio_dev);
>  
>  	if (indio_dev->scan_bytes == 0)
> 

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