Re: [19/28] brcmfmac: avoid maybe-uninitialized warning in brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap

[Kalle Valo]

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A bugfix added a sanity check around the assignment and use of the
> 'is_11d' variable, which looks correct to me, but as the function is
> rather complex already, this confuses the compiler to the point where
> it can no longer figure out if the variable is always initialized
> correctly:
> 
> brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c: In function âbrcmf_cfg80211_start_apâ:
> brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c:4586:10: error: âis_11dâ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
> 
> This adds an initialization for the newly introduced case in which
> the variable should not really be used, in order to make the warning
> go away.
> 
> Fixes: b3589dfe0212 ("brcmfmac: ignore 11d configuration errors")
> Cc: Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.

d3532ea6ce4e brcmfmac: avoid maybe-uninitialized warning in brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap

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