Re: [PATCH -mm] sys_semctl gcc 4.1 warning fix

[Daniel Walker]

On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 17:21 +0100, Al Viro wrote:

> Don't.  Fix.  Correct.  Code.
> 
> Ever.  Because sooner or later you will paper over real bug.  It's far better
> to reject patches that just make $TOOL to STFU than risk blind "fix" hiding
> a real bug.

Couldn't agree with you more .. But I don't want to see the warning
either ..

> Unless you show a real codepath that leads to use without initialization
> (and do that in commit message, so it could be verified as real issue),
> these patches are worthless in the best case and dangerous in the worst
> one.

Several of my patches have nothing to do with initialization .. 

Daniel

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