linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] rsi: Delete unnecessary variable initialisations in rsi_send_mgmt

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Message-ID: <201601030008.47CwzW9c%fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Date:	Sun, 3 Jan 2016 00:32:51 +0800
From:	kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	kbuild-all@...org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] rsi: Delete unnecessary variable initialisations in
 rsi_send_mgmt_pkt()

Hi Markus,

[auto build test WARNING on wireless-drivers-next/master]
[also build test WARNING on v4.4-rc7 next-20151231]
[if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improving the system]

url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/SF-Markus-Elfring/net-rsi-Fine-tuning-for-two-function-implementations/20160102-224740
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/wireless-drivers-next.git master
config: x86_64-randconfig-s2-01030012 (attached as .config)
reproduce:
        # save the attached .config to linux build tree
        make ARCH=x86_64 

Note: it may well be a FALSE warning. FWIW you are at least aware of it now.
http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Better_Uninitialized_Warnings

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

   drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_pkt.c: In function 'rsi_send_mgmt_pkt':
>> drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_pkt.c:211:2: warning: 'status' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
     rsi_indicate_tx_status(common->priv, skb, status);
     ^

vim +/status +211 drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_pkt.c

dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  195  	/* Indicate to firmware to give cfm */
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  196  	if ((skb->data[16] == IEEE80211_STYPE_PROBE_REQ) && (!bss->assoc)) {
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  197  		msg[1] |= cpu_to_le16(BIT(10));
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  198  		msg[7] = cpu_to_le16(PROBEREQ_CONFIRM);
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  199  		common->mgmt_q_block = true;
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  200  	}
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  201  
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  202  	msg[7] |= cpu_to_le16(vap_id << 8);
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  203  
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  204  	status = adapter->host_intf_write_pkt(common->priv,
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  205  					      (u8 *)msg,
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  206  					      skb->len);
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  207  	if (status)
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  208  		rsi_dbg(ERR_ZONE, "%s: Failed to write the packet\n", __func__);
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  209  
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  210  err:
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 @211  	rsi_indicate_tx_status(common->priv, skb, status);
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  212  	return status;
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16  213  }

:::::: The code at line 211 was first introduced by commit
:::::: dad0d04fa7ba41ce603a01e8e64967650303e9a2 rsi: Add RS9113 wireless driver

:::::: TO: Fariya Fatima <fariyaf@...il.com>
:::::: CC: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>

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