linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] x86/resctrl: fix the uninitialized variable warning

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Date:   Wed, 28 Nov 2018 20:35:11 +0000
From:   "Moger, Babu" <Babu.Moger@....com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:     "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "fenghua.yu@...el.com" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        "reinette.chatre@...el.com" <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
        "dan.carpenter@...cle.com" <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] x86/resctrl: fix the uninitialized variable warning

Boris,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 2:30 PM
> To: Moger, Babu <Babu.Moger@....com>
> Cc: tglx@...utronix.de; mingo@...hat.com; hpa@...or.com;
> x86@...nel.org; fenghua.yu@...el.com; reinette.chatre@...el.com;
> dan.carpenter@...cle.com; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/resctrl: fix the uninitialized variable warning
> 
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 08:15:02PM +0000, Moger, Babu wrote:
> > Fix the compiler warning caused by a recent change.
> 
> Now take your time machine, send yourself 6 months into the future, look
> at that commit message and try to remember what it was fixing. Can you?
> 
> I can't.
> 
> IOW, please summarize what smatch - the static checker not the compiler
> - was complaining about and why this is a good fix.
Yes. Forgot to mention. Sent v2. I will mention about static checker in v3.

> 
> Thx.
> 
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
> 
> Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.