linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc3] i386/io_apic: fix compiler warning in create

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Message-ID: <20061031190955.GU27968@stusta.de>
Date:	Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:09:55 +0100
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc3] i386/io_apic: fix compiler warning in create_irq

On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 12:15:02PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>...
> we definitely do not want to hide these places. They both make the code 
> less readable (why initialize it to some value if that value is never 
> used) and they hide the problem from the GCC folks too.

What about cases where it's technically impossible for gcc to ever see 
that a variable actually gets initialized?

> 	Ingo

cu
Adrian

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