linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] ahci: qoriq: fixed using uninitialized variable warnings

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Date:	Mon, 14 Sep 2015 06:51:36 +0000
From:	Yuantian Tang <Yuantian.Tang@...escale.com>
To:	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
CC:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	"hdegoede@...hat.com" <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	"linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] ahci: qoriq: fixed using uninitialized variable warnings

The ARCH should have been ARM for this driver.
Do you think this warning would go away if adding a dependency on ARM?

Regards,
Yuantian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fengguang Wu [mailto:fengguang.wu@...el.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 12:05 PM
> To: Tang Yuantian-B29983 <Yuantian.Tang@...escale.com>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>; hdegoede@...hat.com; linux-
> ide@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> devicetree@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ahci: qoriq: fixed using uninitialized variable warnings
> 
> Yuantian,
> 
> It's cross compiling on ARCH=openrisc.
> 
> Thanks,
> Fengguang
> 
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 03:02:27AM +0000, Yuantian Tang wrote:
> > Hello Tejun,
> >
> > The toolchain I used is:
> > gcc version 4.8.3 20140401 (prerelease) (Linaro GCC 4.8-2014.04)
> >
> > I have not found this warning using this tool chain with -Wuninitialized flag.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Yuantian
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tejun Heo [mailto:htejun@...il.com] On Behalf Of Tejun Heo
> > > Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 9:55 PM
> > > To: Tang Yuantian-B29983 <Yuantian.Tang@...escale.com>
> > > Cc: hdegoede@...hat.com; linux-ide@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> > > kernel@...r.kernel.org; devicetree@...r.kernel.org; Fengguang Wu
> > > <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] ahci: qoriq: fixed using uninitialized variable
> > > warnings
> > >
> > > Hello, Yuantian.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 05:27:25AM +0000, Yuantian Tang wrote:
> > > > Hi Tejun,
> > > >
> > > > Could you please take the version 1 patch?
> > > > The version 2 patch can't address these warnings, and the version
> > > > 1 can
> > > definitely remove them.
> > > > In this case, that would cause any hidden bugs, so no worries.
> > >
> > > Ugh... I really hate changes which are made to just work around
> > > compiler silliness.  If this is something which goes away with newer
> > > gcc, Fengguang can just make it as a known false positive.
> > > Yuantian, which compiler are you using?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > --
> > > tejun
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