linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] deprecated.rst: Remove now removed uninitialized

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Date:   Thu, 27 Aug 2020 08:56:48 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-doc <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] deprecated.rst: Remove now removed uninitialized_var

On Thu, 2020-08-27 at 07:58 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 08:12:01PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > It's now gone from the kernel so remove it from the deprecated API text.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> 
> Oh! Right, thank you. I forgot to rewrite this. I'd like to keep the
> details about why "tricking the compiler to be quiet" should not be
> done.

Probably better in coding style.

>  One of my fears about removing uninitialized_var() is that folks
> may start adding open-coded versions to silence warnings. I'd like to
> keep a section in deprecated.rst that describes the problem and why
> those kinds of work-arounds should not be used.
>