linux-kernel - linux-next: build warning after merge of the rcu tree

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Date:	Mon, 6 Sep 2010 12:14:08 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
Subject: linux-next: build warning after merge of the rcu tree

Hi Paul,

After merging the rcu tree, today's linux-next build
(powerpc ppc64_defconfig) produced this warning:

drivers/md/raid1.c: In function 'read_balance':
drivers/md/raid1.c:445: warning: operation on 'new_disk' may be undefined

I am picking on the rcu tree because the line above has not changed since
2005.  The line is:

                for (rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[new_disk].rdev);
                     r1_bio->bios[new_disk] == IO_BLOCKED ||
                     !rdev || !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)
                             || test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
                     rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[++new_disk].rdev)) {

Where new_disk is being updated in the parameter to the last
rcu_dereference.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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