netdev - Re: [GIT]: Networking

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Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:20:59 -0500
From:	Paul Moore <paul.moore@...com>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT]: Networking

On Thursday 11 December 2008 7:50:23 am Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Dec 2008, David Miller wrote:
> > Here are the pending net fixes:
> >
> > 6) netlabel OOPS'er fix from Paul Moore.
> >
> > Paul Moore (1):
> >       netlabel: Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference
>
> This introduced:
> | net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c:567: warning: 'entry' may be used
> | uninitialized in this function
> | net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c:629: warning: 'entry' may be used
> | uninitialized in this function
>
> which may still oops, if the uninitialized entry pointer is
> dereferenced (in case list_entry == NULL).

Hi Geert,

First of, a quick question: what version of gcc are you using?  I'm 
using gcc-4.3.2 and I don't get this warning/error.  Regardless, I'll 
send out a patch later today which should resolve the warning.

-- 
paul moore
linux @ hp
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