# Re: \[PATCH 10/10\] compiler: Remove uninitialized\_var() macro

- From: Bart Van Assche \<bvanassche@acm.org\>
- Date: 2020-06-04 00:00:40 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2020/06/5988841
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-block/2020/06/5988825/t.md

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On 2020-06-03 16:32, Kees Cook wrote:
> Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings
> (e.g. "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized,
> either simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes.

Thank you for having done this work!

Reviewed-by: Bart van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
```