Re: [PATCH]Silencing warning: 'host' may be used uninitialized inthis function

[Jeff Garzik]

Marin Mitov wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I do not know if that is worth the effort, but...
>
> Silencing:  warning: 'host' may be used uninitialized in this function
> It is a false positive.
>
> The patch is against 2.6.30-rc1, but should apply to 2.6.29(.1) too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marin Mitov mitov@xxxxxxxxxxx
> ================================================
> --- a/drivers/ata/sata_via.c	2009-04-05 22:59:26.000000000 +0300
> +++ b/drivers/ata/sata_via.c	2009-04-06 00:07:25.000000000 +0300
> @@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
>  	static int printed_version;
>  	unsigned int i;
>  	int rc;
> -	struct ata_host *host;
> +	struct ata_host *host = host;
>  	int board_id = (int) ent->driver_data;
>  	const unsigned *bar_sizes;

we use the uninitialized_var() macro for false positives.

	Jeff



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