Re: [PATCH 1/3] tty: xuartps: Fix "may be used uninitialized" buildwarning

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Oct 29 2013 - 12:23:00 EST


On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 04:40:59PM -0700, Soren Brinkmann wrote:
> Initialize varibles for which a 'may be used uninitalized' warning is
> issued.
>
> Signed-off-by: Soren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> The warning is actually a false positive. The variables are passed to a
> function per reference. That function uses those variables to return
> values, which then are used by the caller. Is there a way to
> avoid the initialization and the build warning alltogether?
> ---
> drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Please properly credit the kbuild robot who found these issues the next
time...

thanks,

greg k-h
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