Re: [PATCH] ibmvnic: Fix possibly uninitialized old_num_tx_queues variable warning.

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Wed Mar 03 2021 - 13:55:01 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master):

On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 20:47:47 +0100 you wrote:
> GCC 7.5 reports:
> ../drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c: In function 'ibmvnic_reset_init':
> ../drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c:5373:51: warning: 'old_num_tx_queues' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
> ../drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c:5373:6: warning: 'old_num_rx_queues' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>
> The variable is initialized only if(reset) and used only if(reset &&
> something) so this is a false positive. However, there is no reason to
> not initialize the variables unconditionally avoiding the warning.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- ibmvnic: Fix possibly uninitialized old_num_tx_queues variable warning.
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/6881b07fdd24

You are awesome, thank you!
--
Deet-doot-dot, I am a bot.
https://korg.docs.kernel.org/patchwork/pwbot.html