Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 2 authors, 2013-11-28

Re: [PATCH] drivers: input: touchscreen: sur40: use static variable instead of stack varialbe for 'packet_id'

From: Chen Gang <hidden>
Date: 2013-11-28 04:22:20
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On 11/28/2013 12:07 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
Hi Chen,

On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 10:15:33AM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
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'packet_id' is used for checking sequence whether in order, it need be
static variable independent from sur40_poll().

The related warning (with allmodconfig under hexagon):

  drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c: In function 'sur40_poll':
  drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c:297:6: warning: 'packet_id' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]


Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <redacted>
---
 drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
index cfd1b7e..5dfd01a 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static void sur40_poll(struct input_polled_dev *polldev)
 	struct sur40_state *sur40 = polldev->private;
 	struct input_dev *input = polldev->input;
 	int result, bulk_read, need_blobs, packet_blobs, i;
-	u32 packet_id;
+	static u32 packet_id;
It is usually not a good idea to use statics in device drivers as it
does not work well when you have several devices of the same type
present in a system. Also, we process all blobs in one pass so there is
no need to preserve value of packet_id between calls to sur40_poll().
OK, thanks, I will/should send patch v2 for it.

-- 
Chen Gang
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