From: Chanho Min <hidden> Date: 2012-09-10 03:25:20
Fix the following build warning:
arch/arm/mm/alignment.c: In function 'do_alignment':
arch/arm/mm/alignment.c:327:15: warning: 'offset.un' may be used
uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]
arch/arm/mm/alignment.c:749:21: note: 'offset.un' was declared here
Signed-off-by: Chanho Min <chanho.min@lge.com>
---
arch/arm/mm/alignment.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ do_alignment_t32_to_handler(unsigned long *pinstr,
struct pt_regs *regs,
static int
do_alignment(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- union offset_union offset;
+ union offset_union offset = {0};
unsigned long instr = 0, instrptr;
int (*handler)(unsigned long addr, unsigned long instr, struct pt_regs *regs);
unsigned int type;
--
1.7.9.5
From: Russell King - ARM Linux <hidden> Date: 2012-09-10 08:40:43
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:25:15PM +0900, Chanho Min wrote:
Fix the following build warning:
arch/arm/mm/alignment.c: In function 'do_alignment':
arch/arm/mm/alignment.c:327:15: warning: 'offset.un' may be used
uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]
arch/arm/mm/alignment.c:749:21: note: 'offset.un' was declared here
Signed-off-by: Chanho Min <chanho.min@lge.com>
The compiler is being silly - notice that it is saying "may" not "is".
In this case, it will not be uninitialized prior to use.
What it's caused by is do_alignment_t32_to_handler(), and its assignment
through a pointer of this variable. You can see that this is the cause
because the patch below fixes the warning.
It's all about whether gcc can prove that the variable is or is not
assigned. It has one warning for the 'provably not assigned' case, and
another for the 'can't prove that it is always assigned' case.
Anyway, normally we don't fix warnings where the compiler is wrong (but
we encourage the compiler guys to fix the compiler instead.)
arch/arm/mm/alignment.c | 6 +++---
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
From: Chanho Min <hidden> Date: 2012-09-11 01:53:18
What it's caused by is do_alignment_t32_to_handler(), and its assignment
through a pointer of this variable. You can see that this is the cause
because the patch below fixes the warning.
We couldn't fix the warning with your patch. the patch below fixes it instead.
IMHO, gcc can't seems to know that do_alignment_ldmstm never returns TYPE_LDST.
So It just warn that do_alignment_finish_ldst is called with the
uninitialized value.
I know gcc is not smart enough to see all the reasons. So, It is optional.
Also, I'm not sure these optional warning should be fixed.
Anyway, this is the last build warning in our whole source when using gcc-4.6.3
Thanks
Chanho,