netdev - Re: [PATCH] nl80211: avoid "wdev_id may be used uninitialized"

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Message-ID: <510AEE5C.6030303@wwwdotorg.org>
Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:21:16 -0700
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
CC:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nl80211: avoid "wdev_id may be used uninitialized"

On 01/31/2013 01:51 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-01-30 at 09:49 -0700, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> On 01/30/2013 12:57 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2013-01-29 at 17:11 -0700, Stephen Warren wrote:
>>>> From: Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
>>>>
>>>> Silence the following:
>>>> net/wireless/nl80211.c: In function '__cfg80211_wdev_from_attrs.clone.119':
>>>> net/wireless/nl80211.c:57:6: warning: 'wdev_id' may be used uninitialized in this function
>>>>
>>>> ... by always initializing wdev_id to zero. I assume that wiphy_idx and
>>>> ifidx are set to -1 for similar reasons, so this change simply propagates
>>>> the same workaround.
>>>>
>>>> In practice, this warning is false, since wdev_id is both set and used
>>>> under the condition if (have_wdev_id). However, at least my compiler
>>>> can't be coerced into realizing this; almost any code between the if
>>>> blocks that set and use the variable causes this warning.
>>>
>>> I don't see this warning? What compiler are you using?
>>
>> I'm using gcc-4.5.3 for ARM. I checked with gcc-4.6.3 and gcc-4.7.2 and
>> indeed I don't see the warning there.
> 
> Interesting. So should I keep it or remove it? I guess in this
> particular instance it doesn't matter all that much. In other cases I'd
> be more against changing it I guess.

It's your call. I guess since it's fixed going forward in gcc, you may
as well drop it though.
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