linux-kernel - [PATCH] fuse: mark variables uninitialized

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Message-Id: <1346143083-30710-1-git-send-email-zonque@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:38:03 +0200
From:	Daniel Mack <zonque@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Daniel Mack <zonque@...il.com>, Brian Foster <bfoster@...hat.com>,
	Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH] fuse: mark variables uninitialized

gcc 4.6.3 complains about uninitialized variables in fs/fuse/control.c:

  CC      fs/fuse/control.o
fs/fuse/control.c: In function ‘fuse_conn_congestion_threshold_write’:
fs/fuse/control.c:165:29: warning: ‘val’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]
fs/fuse/control.c: In function ‘fuse_conn_max_background_write’:
fs/fuse/control.c:128:23: warning: ‘val’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]

fuse_conn_limit_write() will always return non-zero unless the &val
is modified, so the warning is misleading. Let the compiler know
about it by marking 'val' with 'uninitialized_var'.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <zonque@...il.com>
Cc: Brian Foster <bfoster@...hat.com>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>
---
 fs/fuse/control.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fuse/control.c b/fs/fuse/control.c
index 03ff5b1..75a20c0 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/control.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/control.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static ssize_t fuse_conn_max_background_write(struct file *file,
 					      const char __user *buf,
 					      size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	unsigned val;
+	unsigned uninitialized_var(val);
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	ret = fuse_conn_limit_write(file, buf, count, ppos, &val,
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static ssize_t fuse_conn_congestion_threshold_write(struct file *file,
 						    const char __user *buf,
 						    size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	unsigned val;
+	unsigned uninitialized_var(val);
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	ret = fuse_conn_limit_write(file, buf, count, ppos, &val,
-- 
1.7.11.4

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