linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 256/294] brcmfmac: avoid gcc-5.1 warning

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Date:   Mon, 06 Nov 2017 23:03:02 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Kalle Valo" <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 256/294] brcmfmac: avoid gcc-5.1 warning

3.16.50-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

commit 22f44150aad7a1d6b074ab6cf59abee61c7187c6 upstream.

gcc-5.0 gained a new warning in the fwsignal portion of the brcmfmac
driver:

drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c: In function 'brcmf_fws_txs_process':
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c:1478:8: warning: 'skb' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]

This is a false positive, and marking the brcmf_fws_hanger_poppkt function
as 'static inline' makes the warning go away. I have checked the object
file output and while a little code gets moved around, the size of
the binary remains identical.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static int brcmf_fws_hanger_pushpkt(stru
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int brcmf_fws_hanger_poppkt(struct brcmf_fws_hanger *h,
+static inline int brcmf_fws_hanger_poppkt(struct brcmf_fws_hanger *h,
 					  u32 slot_id, struct sk_buff **pktout,
 					  bool remove_item)
 {