Re: [PATCH 4.14 v2 ] platform/x86: Corrects warning: missing braces around initializer

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Fri Oct 30 2020 - 13:41:27 EST


On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 12:18:44PM -0500, John Donnelly wrote:
> > On Oct 30, 2020, at 11:52 AM, Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 08:55:01AM -0700, john.p.donnelly@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> From: John Donnelly <john.p.donnelly@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> The assignment statement of a local variable "struct tp_nvram_state s[2] = {0};
> >> is not valid for all versions of compilers.
> >
> > I don't get the subject. IS it backport of existing change to v4.14, or you are
> > trying to fix v4.14? If the latter is the case, it's not correct order. Try
> > latest vanilla first (v5.10-rc1 as of today) and if there is still an issue,
> > submit a patch.
>
> Hi,
>
> It is only intended for 4.14. Why would you back port a commit to a stable tree that emits warnings ?

So, if this is for stable, what is the current commit in the kernel of this?

> >> Fixes: 515ded02bc4b ("platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: initialize tp_nvram_state variable")
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: John Donnelly <john.p.donnelly@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Should not be blank line in between.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko