linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch/i386/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c, kernel 2.6.17.8

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Date:	Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:30:33 +0200
From:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:  Re: [PATCH] arch/i386/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c, kernel 2.6.17.8

Forrest Voight:
 > Corrects warning:
 > arch/i386/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c: In function 'init_transmeta':
 > arch/i386/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c:12: warning: 'cpu_freq' may be used
 > uninitialized in this function
 > -       unsigned int cpu_rev, cpu_freq, cpu_flags, new_cpu_rev;
 > +       unsigned int cpu_rev, cpu_freq = 0, cpu_flags, new_cpu_rev;

If one doesn't want to add more init code, but variable indeed used 
uninitialazed, in GCC 3.X struct may be used, GCC 4.X needs 'volatile'.

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