linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ubifs: Fix build warning

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Message-ID: <4FE88E9A.4040605@xenotime.net>
Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:15:22 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Alexandre Pereira da Silva <aletes.xgr@...il.com>
CC:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ubifs: Fix build warning

On 06/25/2012 08:19 AM, Alexandre Pereira da Silva wrote:

> Fix:
> fs/ubifs/dir.c: In function 'ubifs_rename':
> fs/ubifs/dir.c:972:15: warning: 'saved_nlink' may be used uninitialized
> in this function
> 
> Initilize saved_nlink to 0

Does nlink need to be init at all?  is the warning bogus or valid?

If the warning is bogus, the preferred solution is:

#include <linux/compiler-gcc.h>
...
	unsigned int uninitialized_var(nlink);


> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Pereira da Silva <aletes.xgr@...il.com>
> ---
>  fs/ubifs/dir.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
> index a6d42ef..d5b8cb1e 100644
> --- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
> @@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ static int ubifs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
>  	struct ubifs_budget_req ino_req = { .dirtied_ino = 1,
>  			.dirtied_ino_d = ALIGN(old_inode_ui->data_len, 8) };
>  	struct timespec time;
> -	unsigned int saved_nlink;
> +	unsigned int saved_nlink = 0;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Budget request settings: deletion direntry, new direntry, removing



-- 
~Randy
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