linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: tilegx driver: avoid compiler warning

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Date:	Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:58:14 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	cmetcalf@...era.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: tilegx driver: avoid compiler warning

From: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 14:11:54 -0400

> The "id" variable was being incremented in common code, but only
> initialized and used in IPv4 code.  We move the increment to the IPv4
> code too, and then legitimately use the uninitialized_var() macro to
> avoid the gcc 4.6 warning that 'id' may be used uninitialized.
> Note that gcc 4.7 does not warn.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>

Ugly situation, but whatever, applied :-)
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