linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: inside-secure - initialize first

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Message-ID: <20180720055522.desdmpxm2o7hpiqs@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Fri, 20 Jul 2018 13:55:22 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com,
        maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com, gregory.clement@...tlin.com,
        miquel.raynal@...tlin.com, nadavh@...vell.com, oferh@...vell.com,
        igall@...vell.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: inside-secure - initialize first_rdesc to make
 GCC happy

On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 05:43:16PM +0200, Antoine Tenart wrote:
> In the cipher safexcel_send_req function, GCC warns that
> first_rdesc may be used uninitialized. While this should never
> happen, this patch removes the warning by initializing this
> variable to NULL to make GCC happy.
> 
> This was reported by the kbuild test robot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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