linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] rtc: Move variable into switch case statement

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Date:   Wed,  5 Jan 2022 01:05:34 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>
Cc:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: Move variable into switch case statement

On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 20:39:15 -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> When building with automatic stack variable initialization, GCC 12
> complains about variables defined outside of switch case statements.
> Move the variable into the case that uses it, which silences the warning:
> 
> drivers/rtc/dev.c: In function 'rtc_dev_ioctl':
> drivers/rtc/dev.c:394:30: warning: statement will never be executed [-Wswitch-unreachable]
>   394 |                         long offset;
>       |                              ^~~~~~
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] rtc: Move variable into switch case statement
      commit: ba52eac083e1598e748811ff58d259f77e4c5c4d

Best regards,
-- 
Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>