linux-kernel - [PATCH] scsi: lpfc: avoid false-positive gcc-8 warning

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Date:   Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:01:33 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     James Smart <james.smart@...adcom.com>,
        Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@...adcom.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] scsi: lpfc: avoid false-positive gcc-8 warning

This is an interesting regression with gcc-8, showing a harmless
warning for correct code:

In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,
                 ...
                 from drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_debugfs.c:23:
include/linux/printk.h:301:2: error: 'eq' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
  printk(KERN_ERR pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
  ^~~~~~
In file included from drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_debugfs.c:58:0:
drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_debugfs.h:451:31: note: 'eq' was declared here

I tried to come up with a reduced test case for gcc here
a few times, but every time ended up with code that is actually
wrong with older gcc versions missing the bug and gcc-8 finding
it. As this is the only false-positive -Wmaybe-uninitialized
warnign I got with gcc-8 randconfig builds, I'd suggest we
work around it.

Making the index variable 'unsigned' is enough to shut up
the warning, as gcc can then see that comparing eqidx to
phba->io_channel_irqs is fine here.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
 drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_debugfs.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_debugfs.h b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_debugfs.h
index 7b7d314af0e0..7b7f53a37fd8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_debugfs.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_debugfs.h
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ lpfc_debug_dump_cq(struct lpfc_hba *phba, int qtype, int wqidx)
 {
 	struct lpfc_queue *wq, *cq, *eq;
 	char *qtypestr;
-	int eqidx;
+	unsigned int eqidx;
 
 	/* fcp/nvme wq and cq are 1:1, thus same indexes */
 
-- 
2.9.0