linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: ichxrom: maybe-uninitialized with gcc-4.9

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Date:   Wed, 8 Feb 2017 14:17:05 -0800
From:   Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
To:     Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: ichxrom: maybe-uninitialized with gcc-4.9

On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 10:47:59PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On 10/24/2016 05:28 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > pci_read_config_word() might fail and not initialize its output,
> > as pointed out by older versions of gcc when using the -Wmaybe-unintialized
> > flag:
> > 
> > drivers/mtd/maps/ichxrom.c: In function ‘ichxrom_cleanup’:
> > drivers/mtd/maps/ichxrom.c:63:2: error: ‘word’ is used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=uninitialized]
> > 
> > This is apparently a correct warning, though it does not show up
> > with newer compilers. Changing the code to not attempt to write
> > back uninitialized data into PCI config space is a correct
> > fix for the problem and avoids the warning.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>

Applied to l2-mtd.git