linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm 1/2] 3c59x: Fix uninitialized variable bug

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Message-ID: <20070904093939.GD4241@newton.mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de>
Date:	Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:39:39 +0200
From:	Steffen Klassert <klassert@...hematik.tu-chemnitz.de>
To:	Mark Hindley <mark@...dley.org.uk>
Cc:	Satyam Sharma <satyam@...radead.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Netdev Mailing List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 1/2] 3c59x: Fix uninitialized variable bug

On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 10:35:10AM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 11:17:57AM +0200, Steffen Klassert wrote:
>  
> > The only warning that I was able to trigger with gcc 4.2 is in the case of a .config
> > without PCI support. In this case I get
> > 
> > drivers/net/3c59x.c: In function 'vortex_up':
> > drivers/net/3c59x.c:1672: warning: 'err' is used uninitialized in this function
> 
> That should be fixed by Satyam's patch too.

Yes, of course.
This was just to point out what's  possible to trigger with a newer gcc and what's not.

Steffen
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