linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]kconfig/menu.c: fix uninitialized variable warning

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Date:	Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:22:27 -0400
From:	Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.de>
To:	Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	mmarek@...e.cz, yann.morin.1998@...e.fr,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]kconfig/menu.c: fix uninitialized variable warning

On 2013/09/19 12:58, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote:
> In file included from scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c:2537:0:
> scripts/kconfig/menu.c: In function ‘get_symbol_str’:
> scripts/kconfig/menu.c:586:18: warning: ‘jump’ may be used uninitialized in
> this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
                   ^^^^^

from gcc(1):
	"These warnings are made optional because GCC is not smart
	enough to see all the reasons why the code might be correct
	despite appearing to have an error."

I do not see this warning with gcc 4.7.2 or 4.8.1. Which version are you
using?

The code does:

static void get_prompt_str(struct gstr *r, struct property *prop,
[...]
	if (head && location) {
		jump = xmalloc(sizeof(struct jump_key));
[... different basic block ...]
			if (head && location && menu == location)
				jump->offset = r->len - 1;

If the second "if" is true, then the first one was true as well, and
"jump" is initilized.

>      jump->offset = r->len - 1;
>                   ^
> scripts/kconfig/menu.c:547:19: note: ‘jump’ was declared here
>   struct jump_key *jump;
>                    ^
> Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  scripts/kconfig/menu.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
> index c1d5320..23b1827 100644
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
> @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static void get_prompt_str(struct gstr *r, struct property *prop,
>  {
>  	int i, j;
>  	struct menu *submenu[8], *menu, *location = NULL;
> -	struct jump_key *jump;
> +	struct jump_key *jump = NULL;
> 
>  	str_printf(r, _("Prompt: %s\n"), _(prop->text));
>  	menu = prop->menu->parent;
> --
> 1.7.10.4
> 
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