linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio: common: ssp_sensors: Fix uninitialized warning for timestamp

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Date:	Sun, 26 Apr 2015 18:01:34 +0100
From:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To:	Karol Wrona <k.wrona@...sung.com>, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
	Peter Meerwald <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
	Karol Wrona <wrona.vy@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: common: ssp_sensors: Fix uninitialized warning for
 timestamp

On 24/04/15 12:10, Karol Wrona wrote:
> On 04/18/2015 09:02 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>> On 16/04/15 10:30, Karol Wrona wrote:
>>> calculated_time variable caused warning as uninitialized.  It was not harmful
>>> because it was evaluated in the path in which was used later but it is to
>>> satisfy the checkers.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Karol Wrona <k.wrona@...sung.com>
>> Dumb compiler. It's a false positive and as the function is an inline in the header,
>> it should be able to tell. 
>>
>> What compiler is spitting out the warning?
> 
> 
> You should have krobot complain in the mail.
> Subject: "include/linux/iio/buffer.h:142:32: warning: 'calculated_time'
> may be used uninitialized in this function"
> 
> This was sh compiler. I suppose that we can treat it as false warning.
> It will complain whenever the variable will stay uninitialized even if
> not used in such path.
Yup. Seems false to me.  Could report it if you are really bored :)
> 
> 
>>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/iio/common/ssp_sensors/ssp_iio.c |    2 +-
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/iio/common/ssp_sensors/ssp_iio.c b/drivers/iio/common/ssp_sensors/ssp_iio.c
>>> index a3ae165..16180e6 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/iio/common/ssp_sensors/ssp_iio.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/iio/common/ssp_sensors/ssp_iio.c
>>> @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ int ssp_common_process_data(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, void *buf,
>>>  			    unsigned int len, int64_t timestamp)
>>>  {
>>>  	__le32 time;
>>> -	int64_t calculated_time;
>>> +	int64_t calculated_time = 0;
>>>  	struct ssp_sensor_data *spd = iio_priv(indio_dev);
>>>  
>>>  	if (indio_dev->scan_bytes == 0)
>>>
>>
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