netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] bcm63xx_enet: avoid uninitialized variable warning

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Date:   Fri, 20 Jan 2017 11:46:00 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     arnd@...db.de
Cc:     f.fainelli@...il.com, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        tremyfr@...il.com, xypron.glpk@....de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] bcm63xx_enet: avoid uninitialized variable warning

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 15:52:53 +0100

> gcc-7 and probably earlier versions get confused by this function
> and print a harmless warning:
> 
> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c: In function 'bcm_enet_open':
> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c:1130:3: error: 'phydev' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
> 
> This adds an initialization for the 'phydev' variable when it is unused
> and changes the check to test for that NULL pointer to make it clear
> that we always pass a valid pointer here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Also applied, thanks.