netdev - Re: [patch 1/4] drivers/atm/firestream.c: suppress uninitialized var warning

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20080328173946.23903be0.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:39:46 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, chas@....nrl.navy.mil, jeff@...zik.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/4] drivers/atm/firestream.c: suppress uninitialized
 var warning

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:35:23 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:11:28 -0700
> 
> > Plus uninitialized_var() gives us something to grep for and
> > experiment with if/when future gcc's get smarter.
> 
> That's sounds like a great investment of your time.
> 
> I guess there aren't any more interesting things to work
> on, nor bugs to fix.

So you're all outa reasons.

I have explained our reasons for using uninitialized_var() rather than
sprinkling =0 all over the place, that's all.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html