linux-kernel - Re: [GIT]: Networking

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0812111500360.19338@vixen.sonytel.be>
Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:01:12 +0100 (CET)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>
To:	Paul Moore <paul.moore@...com>
cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT]: Networking

On Thu, 11 Dec 2008, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Thursday 11 December 2008 7:50:23 am Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Mon, 8 Dec 2008, David Miller wrote:
> > > Here are the pending net fixes:
> > >
> > > 6) netlabel OOPS'er fix from Paul Moore.
> > >
> > > Paul Moore (1):
> > >       netlabel: Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference
> >
> > This introduced:
> > | net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c:567: warning: 'entry' may be used
> > | uninitialized in this function
> > | net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c:629: warning: 'entry' may be used
> > | uninitialized in this function
> >
> > which may still oops, if the uninitialized entry pointer is
> > dereferenced (in case list_entry == NULL).
> 
> Hi Geert,
> 
> First of, a quick question: what version of gcc are you using?  I'm 
> using gcc-4.3.2 and I don't get this warning/error.  Regardless, I'll 
> send out a patch later today which should resolve the warning.

I'm using an m68k cross-compiler, built from Debian sources:

| gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)

With kind regards,

Geert Uytterhoeven
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