linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip] drivers/serial/8250.c: 'i' may be used uninitialized

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Message-ID: <20081001113343.4bf25ea5@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 1 Oct 2008 11:33:43 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Steven Noonan <steven@...inklabs.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip] drivers/serial/8250.c: 'i' may be used
 uninitialized

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:01:50 +0200
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:

> 
> ( Alan Cc:-ed. Seems like gcc bogosity - so your solution of using
>   uninitialized_var() is the correct way to annotate this. )

Sorry but uninitialized_var() is too ugly to be acceptable. Please use a
proper __foo style notation for consistency with the rest of the kernel

(Besides which last time I checked current gcc could figure that one out)

Alan
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