linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove uninitialized

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Date:	Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:48:36 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Corey Minyard <cminyard@...sta.com>, minyard@....org,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	OpenIPMI Developers <openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove uninitialized_var()

On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:12:03 +0200 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:

> There's 3 types of conversions done:
> 
>    uninitialized_var(x)        =>  x = 0       /* for scalar types */
>    uninitialized_var(x)        =>  x = NULL    /* for pointers */
>    uninitialized_var(x)        =>  x = { }     /* for structures, unions */

It's regrettable that we lose information.  uninitialized_var() says
"this isn't needed - it's just there for gcc".  The reader can of
course work out the reason with careful code inspection, but that's a
lot more time consuming.

We could go add "/* keep gcc quiet */" to every site, or add
self-documenting macros for the above.
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