linux-kernel - Re: InfiniBand-ocrdma: Delete unnecessary variable initialisations in 11 functions

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:19:38 -0800
From:	Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@...disk.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	<linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
	Devesh Sharma <devesh.sharma@...gotech.com>,
	Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
	Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
	Mitesh Ahuja <mitesh.ahuja@...gotech.com>,
	"Sean Hefty" <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
	Selvin Xavier <selvin.xavier@...gotech.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: InfiniBand-ocrdma: Delete unnecessary variable initialisations in
 11 functions

On 01/15/2016 09:00 AM, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 05:24:50PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
>
> Since, you didn't answer to my original question, I will repeat it again.
> [Q.] What did you try to achieve by this patch?

Hello Leon,

Have you noticed Dan's reply: "Doing bogus initializations turns off 
GCC's checking for uninitialized variables so it's a bad habit."

Thanks,

Bart.