netdev - Re: [PATCH] Fix Warnings from net/netlink/genetlink.c

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Date:	Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:11:16 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	vibi_sreenivasan@....com
Cc:	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix Warnings from net/netlink/genetlink.c

Hi,


> > > net/netlink/genetlink.c: In function `genl_register_mc_group':
> > > net/netlink/genetlink.c:139: warning: 'err' might be used uninitialized in this function
> > 
> > Well, only if there's no netns which can't happen.

> 	So how to silence that warning?

Well, I suppose your patch is the best way anyhow, using
uninitialized_var() would seem somewhat dangerous for future
modifications of the function.

johannes

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