Re: [PATCH 1/3] rsi: Delete unnecessary variable initialisations in rsi_send_mgmt_pkt()

From: kbuild test robot
Date: Sat Jan 02 2016 - 11:34:33 EST


Hi Markus,

[auto build test WARNING on wireless-drivers-next/master]
[also build test WARNING on v4.4-rc7 next-20151231]
[if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improving the system]

url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/SF-Markus-Elfring/net-rsi-Fine-tuning-for-two-function-implementations/20160102-224740
base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/wireless-drivers-next.git master
config: x86_64-randconfig-s2-01030012 (attached as .config)
reproduce:
# save the attached .config to linux build tree
make ARCH=x86_64

Note: it may well be a FALSE warning. FWIW you are at least aware of it now.
http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Better_Uninitialized_Warnings

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_pkt.c: In function 'rsi_send_mgmt_pkt':
>> drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_pkt.c:211:2: warning: 'status' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
rsi_indicate_tx_status(common->priv, skb, status);
^

vim +/status +211 drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_pkt.c

dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 195 /* Indicate to firmware to give cfm */
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 196 if ((skb->data[16] == IEEE80211_STYPE_PROBE_REQ) && (!bss->assoc)) {
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 197 msg[1] |= cpu_to_le16(BIT(10));
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 198 msg[7] = cpu_to_le16(PROBEREQ_CONFIRM);
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 199 common->mgmt_q_block = true;
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 200 }
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 201
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 202 msg[7] |= cpu_to_le16(vap_id << 8);
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 203
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 204 status = adapter->host_intf_write_pkt(common->priv,
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 205 (u8 *)msg,
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 206 skb->len);
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 207 if (status)
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 208 rsi_dbg(ERR_ZONE, "%s: Failed to write the packet\n", __func__);
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 209
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 210 err:
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 @211 rsi_indicate_tx_status(common->priv, skb, status);
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 212 return status;
dad0d04f Fariya Fatima 2014-03-16 213 }

:::::: The code at line 211 was first introduced by commit
:::::: dad0d04fa7ba41ce603a01e8e64967650303e9a2 rsi: Add RS9113 wireless driver

:::::: TO: Fariya Fatima <fariyaf@xxxxxxxxx>
:::::: CC: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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