RE: [patch] qla4xxx: initialize some variables for gcc

From: Vikas Chaudhary
Date: Fri Aug 13 2010 - 22:41:27 EST


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dan Carpenter [mailto:error27@xxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 2:34 AM
>To: Ravi Anand
>Cc: Vikas Chaudhary; Dept_iscsi_driver; James E.J. Bottomley; Karen
>Higgins; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kernel-
>janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [patch] qla4xxx: initialize some variables for gcc
>
>Gcc complains because these variables aren't initialized.
>
>drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c: In function âqla4_8xxx_get_flash_infoâ:
>drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c:1952: warning: âfidâ may be used
>uninitialized in this function
>drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c:1952: note: âfidâ was declared here
>drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c:1952: warning: âmidâ may be used
>uninitialized in this function
>drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c:1952: note: âmidâ was declared here
>
>It's not a big deal. We only print the uninitialized value on error
>paths when debugging is enabled. Still it's nice to clean it up and to
>stop gcc from grumbling.
>
>Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c
>index 3e119ae..e443fa6 100644
>--- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c
>+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c
>@@ -1949,7 +1949,8 @@ qla4_8xxx_get_fdt_info(struct scsi_qla_host *ha)
> uint16_t cnt, chksum;
> uint16_t *wptr;
> struct qla_fdt_layout *fdt;
>- uint16_t mid, fid;
>+ uint16_t mid = -1;
>+ uint16_t fid = -1;
> struct ql82xx_hw_data *hw = &ha->hw;
>
> hw->flash_conf_off = FARX_ACCESS_FLASH_CONF;

I already submitted patch to fix this warning in following mail thread.
http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=128152158403853&w=2

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