linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] 8250: Eliminate compile warning of 8250.c

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Message-ID: <20081125102230.791fa168@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:22:30 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Sheng Yang <sheng@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	Sheng Yang <sheng@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 8250: Eliminate compile warning of 8250.c

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:58:23 +0800
Sheng Yang <sheng@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> (Something wrong with encoding of the first mail...)
> 
> The patch based on linux-2.6 upstream and elimiate this compile warning
> info:
> 
> drivers/serial/8250.c: In function 'serial8250_shutdown':
> drivers/serial/8250.c:1612: warning: 'i' may be used uninitialized in this
> function

NAK - again.

There is no real bug here and you risk hiding future ones. It also
doesn't produce a warning with a modern gcc.

Alan
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