Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the wireless-drivers-next tree
From: Kalle Valo
Date: Fri Jan 13 2017 - 08:48:00 EST
Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> After merging the wireless-drivers-next tree, today's linux-next build
> (x86_64 allmodconfig) produced this warning:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c: In function 'mwifiex_pcie_remove':
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c:303:5: warning: 'fw_status' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
> if (fw_status == FIRMWARE_READY_PCIE && !adapter->mfg_mode) {
> ^
>
> Introduced by commit
>
> 045f0c1b5e26 ("mwifiex: get rid of global user_rmmod flag")
>
> This is not a false positive since "reg" could be NULL just above
> (otherwise it would be tested for).
Thanks, I noticed this myself yesterday (after I had applied the patch)
and I have asked Marvell to send a fix.
--
Kalle Valo