linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sdhci: 'scratch' may be used uninitialized

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Message-ID: <20081006092722.414a7200@mjolnir.drzeus.cx>
Date:	Mon, 6 Oct 2008 09:27:22 +0200
From:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus@...eus.cx>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Steven Noonan <steven@...inklabs.net>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sdhci: 'scratch' may be used uninitialized

On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:30:35 +0200
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:

> 
> Correct. Would you be interested in sending a patch for a (default-off) 
> debug feature that allows the disabling of all the gcc annotations? That 
> way we can do regular sweeps to determine whether old annotations are 
> still relevant on latest and greatest GCC.
> 

How would you find the ones that are no longer needed though?

Perhaps we could make it so that uninitialized_var() itself emits a
warning. That way you could turn that option on and check that you
always have pairs of warnings.

Rgds
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     -- Pierre Ossman

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