[PATCH] brcmsmac: initialize morepending in brcms_b_recv()

Subsystems: networking drivers (wireless), the rest

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3 messages, 2 authors, 2012-12-24 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH] brcmsmac: initialize morepending in brcms_b_recv()

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: 2012-12-22 21:07:23

drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c: In function ‘brcms_b_recv’:
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c:7636: warning: ‘morepending’ may be used uninitialized in this function

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
index 17594de..5f0f444 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
@@ -7633,7 +7633,7 @@ brcms_b_recv(struct brcms_hardware *wlc_hw, uint fifo, bool bound)
 
 	uint n = 0;
 	uint bound_limit = bound ? RXBND : -1;
-	bool morepending;
+	bool morepending = false;
 
 	skb_queue_head_init(&recv_frames);
 
-- 
1.7.0.4

Re: [PATCH] brcmsmac: initialize morepending in brcms_b_recv()

From: Arend van Spriel <hidden>
Date: 2012-12-23 17:31:33

On 12/22/2012 10:07 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c: In function ‘brcms_b_recv’:
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c:7636: warning: ‘morepending’ may be used uninitialized in this function
Reading the code this warning seems to be invalid except when RXBND is
defined as zero, which would make the whole function totally bogus.
Would be good to have a WARN_ON(!RXBND) in brcms_b_attach().

I don't like pleasing a compiler with unnecessary initializers but I am
also for builds with zero warnings. So...

Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend-dY08KVG/lbpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
quoted hunk
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
index 17594de..5f0f444 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
@@ -7633,7 +7633,7 @@ brcms_b_recv(struct brcms_hardware *wlc_hw, uint fifo, bool bound)
 
 	uint n = 0;
 	uint bound_limit = bound ? RXBND : -1;
-	bool morepending;
+	bool morepending = false;
 
 	skb_queue_head_init(&recv_frames);
 

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Re: [PATCH] brcmsmac: initialize morepending in brcms_b_recv()

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: 2012-12-24 12:02:21

On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Arend van Spriel [off-list ref] wrote:
On 12/22/2012 10:07 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
quoted
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c: In function ‘brcms_b_recv’:
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c:7636: warning: ‘morepending’ may be used uninitialized in this function
Reading the code this warning seems to be invalid except when RXBND is
defined as zero, which would make the whole function totally bogus.
Would be good to have a WARN_ON(!RXBND) in brcms_b_attach().
I thought about the bound = false case immediately ending the loop.
But on closer look, it seems I missed that n and bound_limit are uint, not int.
So it's indeed unlikely to happen.
I don't like pleasing a compiler with unnecessary initializers but I am
also for builds with zero warnings. So...

Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <redacted>
quoted
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
index 17594de..5f0f444 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
@@ -7633,7 +7633,7 @@ brcms_b_recv(struct brcms_hardware *wlc_hw, uint fifo, bool bound)

      uint n = 0;
      uint bound_limit = bound ? RXBND : -1;
-     bool morepending;
+     bool morepending = false;

      skb_queue_head_init(&recv_frames);
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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