linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/4] modpost: remove unneeded initializer in section

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Message-Id: <20231203094934.1908270-3-masahiroy@kernel.org>
Date:   Sun,  3 Dec 2023 18:49:33 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>, Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/4] modpost: remove unneeded initializer in section_rel()

This initializer was added to avoid -Wmaybe-uninitialized (gcc) or
-Wsometimes-uninitialized (clang) warning.

Now that compilers recognize fatal() never returns, it is unneeded.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
---

Changes in v2:
  - Split into a separate patch

 scripts/mod/modpost.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index c13bc9095df3..3233946fa5f6 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ static void section_rel(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *elf,
 
 	for (rel = start; rel < stop; rel++) {
 		Elf_Sym *tsym;
-		Elf_Addr taddr = 0, r_offset;
+		Elf_Addr taddr, r_offset;
 		unsigned int r_type, r_sym;
 		void *loc;
 
-- 
2.40.1