netdev - [PATCH net] hv_sock: Suppress bogus "may be used uninitialized" warnings

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Date:   Sat, 15 Jun 2019 05:00:57 +0000
From:   Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
To:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
CC:     "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@...rosoft.com>,
        "olaf@...fle.de" <olaf@...fle.de>,
        "apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>,
        "jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        vkuznets <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        "marcelo.cerri@...onical.com" <marcelo.cerri@...onical.com>,
        Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] hv_sock: Suppress bogus "may be used uninitialized"
 warnings

gcc 8.2.0 may report these bogus warnings under some condition:

warning: ‘vnew’ may be used uninitialized in this function
warning: ‘hvs_new’ may be used uninitialized in this function

Actually, the 2 pointers are only initialized and used if the variable
"conn_from_host" is true. The code is not buggy here.

Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
---
 net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c
index 8d1ea9eda8a2..cd3f47f54fa7 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c
@@ -329,8 +329,8 @@ static void hvs_open_connection(struct vmbus_channel *chan)
 
 	struct sockaddr_vm addr;
 	struct sock *sk, *new = NULL;
-	struct vsock_sock *vnew;
-	struct hvsock *hvs, *hvs_new;
+	struct vsock_sock *vnew = NULL;
+	struct hvsock *hvs, *hvs_new = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
 	if_type = &chan->offermsg.offer.if_type;
-- 
2.19.1