netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: fix false unused variable warning

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Date:   Thu, 30 Apr 2020 09:52:00 +0800
From:   Yuehaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
To:     Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>, <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <ast@...com>, <daniel@...earbox.net>
CC:     <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>, <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: fix false unused variable warning

On 2020/4/30 9:25, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> Some versions of GCC falsely detect that vi might not be initialized. That's
> not true, but let's silence it with NULL initialization.
> 

Title should be fixed 'unused' --> 'uninitialized' ?

> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
> ---
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> index d86ff8214b96..977add1b73e2 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> @@ -5003,8 +5003,8 @@ static int bpf_object__collect_map_relos(struct bpf_object *obj,
>  					 GElf_Shdr *shdr, Elf_Data *data)
>  {
>  	int i, j, nrels, new_sz, ptr_sz = sizeof(void *);
> +	const struct btf_var_secinfo *vi = NULL;
>  	const struct btf_type *sec, *var, *def;
> -	const struct btf_var_secinfo *vi;
>  	const struct btf_member *member;
>  	struct bpf_map *map, *targ_map;
>  	const char *name, *mname;
>