netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/mlx4: suppress 'may be used uninitialized' warning

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Date:   Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:19:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     gthelen@...gle.com
Cc:     ogerlitz@...lanox.com, jackm@....mellanox.co.il,
        matanb@...lanox.com, idos@...lanox.com, yishaih@...lanox.com,
        amirv@...lanox.com, roland@...estorage.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx4: suppress 'may be used uninitialized' warning

From: Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 23:21:35 -0700

> gcc 4.8.4 complains that mlx4_SW2HW_MPT_wrapper() uses an uninitialized
> 'mpt' variable:
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c: In function 'mlx4_SW2HW_MPT_wrapper':
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c:2802:12: warning: 'mpt' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>      mpt->mtt = mtt;
> 
> I think this warning is a false complaint.  mpt is only used when
> mr_res_start_move_to() return zero, and in all such cases it initializes
> mpt.  But apparently gcc cannot see that.
> 
> Initialize mpt to avoid the warning.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>

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