linux-kernel - v4.5-rc1 : arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c:360:20: warning: ‘align’ may be used uninitialized

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:29:36 +0100
From:	Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de>
To:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: v4.5-rc1 : arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c:360:20: warning: ‘align’ may be used uninitialized

As a n00b I do wonder about he following warning:


  CC      arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.o
arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c: In function ‘arch_validate_hwbkpt_settings’:
arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c:360:20: warning: ‘align’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
  if (info->address & align)
                    ^

at a 32 bit Gentoo KVM. Why isn't "align" set to some value in the "default:" branch of the switch above -or- why there is a "default:" there if it can't be reached ?

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