Re: [PATCH]kconfig/menu.c: fix uninitialized variable warning

From: Benjamin Poirier
Date: Thu Sep 19 2013 - 11:22:38 EST


On 2013/09/19 12:58, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote:
> In file included from scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c:2537:0:
> scripts/kconfig/menu.c: In function âget_symbol_strâ:
> scripts/kconfig/menu.c:586:18: warning: âjumpâ may be used uninitialized in
> this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
^^^^^

from gcc(1):
"These warnings are made optional because GCC is not smart
enough to see all the reasons why the code might be correct
despite appearing to have an error."

I do not see this warning with gcc 4.7.2 or 4.8.1. Which version are you
using?

The code does:

static void get_prompt_str(struct gstr *r, struct property *prop,
[...]
if (head && location) {
jump = xmalloc(sizeof(struct jump_key));
[... different basic block ...]
if (head && location && menu == location)
jump->offset = r->len - 1;

If the second "if" is true, then the first one was true as well, and
"jump" is initilized.

> jump->offset = r->len - 1;
> ^
> scripts/kconfig/menu.c:547:19: note: âjumpâ was declared here
> struct jump_key *jump;
> ^
> Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> scripts/kconfig/menu.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
> index c1d5320..23b1827 100644
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
> @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static void get_prompt_str(struct gstr *r, struct property *prop,
> {
> int i, j;
> struct menu *submenu[8], *menu, *location = NULL;
> - struct jump_key *jump;
> + struct jump_key *jump = NULL;
>
> str_printf(r, _("Prompt: %s\n"), _(prop->text));
> menu = prop->menu->parent;
> --
> 1.7.10.4
>
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