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

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Date:	Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:57:41 -0700
From:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:	vibi_sreenivasan@....com
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>,
	linux-next <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix Warnings from net/netlink/genetlink.c

Hi Vibi,

> net/netlink/genetlink.c: In function `genl_register_mc_group':
> net/netlink/genetlink.c:139: warning: 'err' might be used uninitialized in this function
> 
> Signed-off-by: vibi sreenivasan <vibi_sreenivasan@....com>
> ---
>  net/netlink/genetlink.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
> index 575c643..66f6ba0 100644
> --- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
> +++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
> @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int genl_register_mc_group(struct genl_family *family,
>  {
>         int id;
>         unsigned long *new_groups;
> -       int err;
> +       int err = 0;
>  
>         BUG_ON(grp->name[0] == '\0');

this looks fishy. How does gcc thinks this variable is uninitialized. If
I look at the code in Linus' tree, I don't see it.

Regards

Marcel


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