linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: rpaphp: Avoid a sometimes-uninitialized warning

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Date:   Mon, 3 Jun 2019 17:03:09 -0700
From:   Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: rpaphp: Avoid a sometimes-uninitialized warning

On 06/03/2019 03:11 PM, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> When building with -Wsometimes-uninitialized, clang warns:
> 
> drivers/pci/hotplug/rpaphp_core.c:243:14: warning: variable 'fndit' is
> used uninitialized whenever 'for' loop exits because its condition is
> false [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
>         for (j = 0; j < entries; j++) {
>                     ^~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/pci/hotplug/rpaphp_core.c:256:6: note: uninitialized use occurs
> here
>         if (fndit)
>             ^~~~~
> drivers/pci/hotplug/rpaphp_core.c:243:14: note: remove the condition if
> it is always true
>         for (j = 0; j < entries; j++) {
>                     ^~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/pci/hotplug/rpaphp_core.c:233:14: note: initialize the variable
> 'fndit' to silence this warning
>         int j, fndit;
>                     ^
>                      = 0
> 
> fndit is only used to gate a sprintf call, which can be moved into the
> loop to simplify the code and eliminate the local variable, which will
> fix this warning.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/504
> Fixes: 2fcf3ae508c2 ("hotplug/drc-info: Add code to search ibm,drc-info property")
> Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>

Acked-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@...ux.ibm.com>