[PATCH] fuse: mark variables uninitialized

From: Daniel Mack
Date: Tue Aug 28 2012 - 04:38:36 EST


gcc 4.6.3 complains about uninitialized variables in fs/fuse/control.c:

CC fs/fuse/control.o
fs/fuse/control.c: In function âfuse_conn_congestion_threshold_writeâ:
fs/fuse/control.c:165:29: warning: âvalâ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]
fs/fuse/control.c: In function âfuse_conn_max_background_writeâ:
fs/fuse/control.c:128:23: warning: âvalâ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]

fuse_conn_limit_write() will always return non-zero unless the &val
is modified, so the warning is misleading. Let the compiler know
about it by marking 'val' with 'uninitialized_var'.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <zonque@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Foster <bfoster@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/fuse/control.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fuse/control.c b/fs/fuse/control.c
index 03ff5b1..75a20c0 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/control.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/control.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static ssize_t fuse_conn_max_background_write(struct file *file,
const char __user *buf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
- unsigned val;
+ unsigned uninitialized_var(val);
ssize_t ret;

ret = fuse_conn_limit_write(file, buf, count, ppos, &val,
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static ssize_t fuse_conn_congestion_threshold_write(struct file *file,
const char __user *buf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
- unsigned val;
+ unsigned uninitialized_var(val);
ssize_t ret;

ret = fuse_conn_limit_write(file, buf, count, ppos, &val,
--
1.7.11.4

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