linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf/x86: Fix 'may be used uninitialized' build warnings in core.c

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Message-Id: <1483619607-11722-1-git-send-email-augustocaringi@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu,  5 Jan 2017 12:33:13 +0000
From:   Augusto Mecking Caringi <augustocaringi@...il.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Augusto Mecking Caringi <augustocaringi@...il.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] perf/x86: Fix 'may be used uninitialized' build warnings in core.c

This patch fixes the following build warnings in core.c:

linux/arch/x86/events/core.c: In function ‘init_hw_perf_events’:
linux/include/linux/printk.h:292:2: warning: ‘reg_fail’ may be used
uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
printk(KERN_ERR pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
^
linux/arch/x86/events/core.c:194:14: note: ‘reg_fail’ was declared here
int i, reg, reg_fail, ret = 0;

linux/include/linux/printk.h:292:2: warning: ‘val_fail’ may be used
uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
printk(KERN_ERR pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
^
linux/arch/x86/events/core.c:193:11: note: ‘val_fail’ was declared here
u64 val, val_fail, val_new= ~0;

Signed-off-by: Augusto Mecking Caringi <augustocaringi@...il.com>
---
 arch/x86/events/core.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index 019c588..f6e41b4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ static void release_pmc_hardware(void) {}
 
 static bool check_hw_exists(void)
 {
-	u64 val, val_fail, val_new= ~0;
-	int i, reg, reg_fail, ret = 0;
+	u64 val, val_fail = 0, val_new= ~0;
+	int i, reg, reg_fail = 0, ret = 0;
 	int bios_fail = 0;
 	int reg_safe = -1;
 
-- 
2.7.4