Re: [bug] perf_event_intel_uncore.c build warnings on allnoconfig

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Wed Oct 24 2012 - 13:24:38 EST


Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> FYI, on a 'make allnoconfig' x86_64 kernel I get a stream of
> warnings:
>
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.c: In function âsnbep_uncore_pci_disable_boxâ:
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.c:124:9: warning: âconfigâ is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.c: In function âsnbep_uncore_pci_enable_boxâ:
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.c:135:9: warning: âconfigâ is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.c: In function âsnbep_uncore_pci_read_counterâ:
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.c:164:2: warning: âcountâ is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]
>
> Please fix this - if pci_read_config_dword() returns an error it
> should be handled - that will fix these warnings as well.

Can it even return an error on x86? I don't know of any existing
mechanism for this, short of a machine check.

-Andi

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