linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] USB: core: Fix build warning in usb_get

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Date:   Wed, 26 Feb 2020 09:04:59 +0100
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To:     Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Xuefeng Li <lixuefeng@...ngson.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] USB: core: Fix build warning in
 usb_get_configuration()

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 02:15:22PM +0800, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> There is no functional issue, just fix the following build warning:
> 
>   CC      drivers/usb/core/config.o
> drivers/usb/core/config.c: In function ‘usb_get_configuration’:
> drivers/usb/core/config.c:868:6: warning: ‘result’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>   int result;
>       ^

What compiler are you using? The warning is clearly bogus and it hasn't
been seen with any recent gcc at least.

> Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/core/config.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/config.c b/drivers/usb/core/config.c
> index b7918f6..bb63ee0 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/core/config.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/core/config.c
> @@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev)
>  	unsigned int cfgno, length;
>  	unsigned char *bigbuffer;
>  	struct usb_config_descriptor *desc;
> -	int result;
> +	int result = 0;
>  
>  	if (ncfg > USB_MAXCONFIG) {
>  		dev_warn(ddev, "too many configurations: %d, "

Johan