linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the cifs tree

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Date:   Thu, 4 Jan 2018 16:52:17 +1100
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>
Cc:     CIFS <linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>,
        Pavel Shilovsky <pshilov@...rosoft.com>,
        Ronnie Sahlberg <lsahlber@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the cifs tree

Hi Steve,

On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 16:44:59 -0600 Steve French <smfrench@...il.com> wrote:
>
> I don't see this with gcc 5.4

Good to know.

> Harmless to initialize flags here ... even if unneeded ... so if it
> makes your life easier I don't mind initializes to 0.  Let me know.
> Wonder why it doesn't generate the warning on the various other places
> in the fs that do the same thing?

I might just take the hint to upgrade my cross compilers :-)  Thanks anyway.

In the mean time, my scripts will automatically skip reporting this
warning to me.
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell