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Date:	Mon, 1 Dec 2014 16:18:13 +0100
From:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	rusty@....ibm.com, nab@...ux-iscsi.org, pbonzini@...hat.com,
	thuth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, dahi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 36/46] vhost/net: suppress compiler warning

On Mon, 1 Dec 2014 17:12:08 +0200
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 03:21:03PM +0100, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> > On Mon, 1 Dec 2014 15:48:39 +0200
> > "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 01:37:40PM +0100, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 30 Nov 2014 17:12:13 +0200
> > > > "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > len is always initialized since function is called with size > 0.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  drivers/vhost/net.c | 2 +-
> > > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
> > > > > index 984242e..54ffbb0 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
> > > > > @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static int get_rx_bufs(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
> > > > >  	int headcount = 0;
> > > > >  	unsigned d;
> > > > >  	int r, nlogs = 0;
> > > > > -	u32 len;
> > > > > +	u32 uninitialized_var(len);
> > > > > 
> > > > >  	while (datalen > 0 && headcount < quota) {
> > > > >  		if (unlikely(seg >= UIO_MAXIOV)) {
> > > > 
> > > > Want to merge this with the patch introducing the variable and add a
> > > > comment there?
> > > 
> > > Not really. Warnings in bisect are fine  I think.
> > 
> > I'm not sure what a separate patch buys us, though, as it should be
> > trivial to merge.
> 
> Easier to document the reason if it's split out.
> 

That's why I suggested a comment ;)

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