Re: [PATCH 3.17-rc2] fs: namespace: suppress 'may be used uninitialized' warnings

From: Al Viro
Date: Wed Aug 27 2014 - 17:01:18 EST


On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 01:51:05PM -0600, rtg.canonical@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The gcc version 4.9.1 compiler complains Even though it isn't possible for
> these variables to not get initialized before they are used.

Blanket NAK, at that - any patches adding that 'uninitialized_...'
garbage in fs/*.c will be rejected and, should they slip in in some
other way - reverted. Consider that as a local policy.
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