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Date:   Sat, 18 Jul 2020 08:06:14 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Wang Hai <wanghai38@...wei.com>, netanel@...zon.com,
        akiyano@...zon.com, gtzalik@...zon.com, saeedb@...zon.com,
        zorik@...zon.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        sameehj@...zon.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] net: ena: use NULL instead of zero

On Sat, 2020-07-18 at 19:56 +0800, Wang Hai wrote:
> Fix sparse build warning:
> 
> drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c:2193:34: warning:
>  Using plain integer as NULL pointer

Better to remove the initialization altogether and
move the declaration into the loop.

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
[]
> @@ -2190,7 +2190,7 @@ static void ena_del_napi_in_range(struct ena_adapter *adapter,
>  static void ena_init_napi_in_range(struct ena_adapter *adapter,
>  				   int first_index, int count)
>  {
> -	struct ena_napi *napi = {0};
> +	struct ena_napi *napi = NULL;
>  	int i;
>  
>  	for (i = first_index; i < first_index + count; i++) {

---
 drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
index 91be3ffa1c5c..470d8f38b824 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
@@ -2190,11 +2190,10 @@ static void ena_del_napi_in_range(struct ena_adapter *adapter,
 static void ena_init_napi_in_range(struct ena_adapter *adapter,
 				   int first_index, int count)
 {
-	struct ena_napi *napi = {0};
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = first_index; i < first_index + count; i++) {
-		napi = &adapter->ena_napi[i];
+		struct ena_napi *napi = &adapter->ena_napi[i];
 
 		netif_napi_add(adapter->netdev,
 			       &adapter->ena_napi[i].napi,