netdev - RE: [PATCH] net, mellanox mlx4 Fix compile warnings

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Date:	Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:59:41 +0100
From:	"David Laight" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	"Jack Morgenstein" <jackm@....mellanox.co.il>,
	"Or Gerlitz" <or.gerlitz@...il.com>
Cc:	"Prarit Bhargava" <prarit@...hat.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Doug Ledford" <dledford@...hat.com>,
	"Amir Vadai" <amirv@...lanox.com>,
	"Or Gerlitz" <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] net, mellanox mlx4 Fix compile warnings

> On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 22:10:19 +0300
> Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > > +       struct res_cq *uninitialized_var(cq);
> > >
> > >         err = cq_res_start_move_to(dev, slave, cqn,
> > > RES_CQ_ALLOCATED, &cq);
> 
> I have no objection. However, I don't know if the compiler is being too
> clever here or too stupid.  The cq variable is initialized in
> cq_res_start_move_to(), but the compiler is ignoring this -- or maybe
> it is simply not assuming that cq will in fact be
> initialized by the called procedure?

Possibly cq_res_start_move_to() got inlined - and the analysis
of the inlined code found a path where it wasn't initialised.

Most likely one of the paths where the return value is non-zero.

> In any event, this change cannot hurt.

It could hide a real 'used but not initialised' error later on...

	David




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