linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: work around clang -Wuninitialized warning

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Date:   Sat, 23 Mar 2019 12:28:36 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Luca Coelho <luca@...lho.fi>
Cc:     Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
        Intel Linux Wireless <linuxwifi@...el.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@...el.com>,
        Avraham Stern <avraham.stern@...el.com>,
        linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: work around clang -Wuninitialized warning

On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 7:11 AM Luca Coelho <luca@...lho.fi> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2019-03-22 at 15:13 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > Clang incorrectly warns about an uninitialized variable:
> >
> >
> > This cannot happen because the if/else if/else if block always
> > has one code path that is entered. However, we can simply
> > rearrange the code to let clang see this as well.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> > ---
>
> Thanks for the patch, Arnd! But I have already queued up an equivalent
> patch for v5.2 (should probably reach linux-next by the end of next
> week or so):
>
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10844025/

Thanks, and sorry for the duplicate. I forgot to check for the
patches that Nathan had already done when I started sending
out my own series on the same issues.

       Arnd