drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_request.c:280: error: 'request' may be used uninitialized in this function

From: kbuild test robot
Date: Sun May 28 2017 - 01:19:17 EST


Hi Chris,

FYI, the error/warning still remains.

tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head: 249f1efd8e3d58f86469fc305b0eda39db18d7ce
commit: b348090d6758cc391dc91f8a8233b18f0acc8458 drm/i915: Simple selftest to exercise live requests
date: 3 months ago
config: x86_64-randconfig-b0-05281108 (attached as .config)
compiler: gcc-4.4 (Debian 4.4.7-8) 4.4.7
reproduce:
git checkout b348090d6758cc391dc91f8a8233b18f0acc8458
# save the attached .config to linux build tree
make ARCH=x86_64

Note: it may well be a FALSE warning. FWIW you are at least aware of it now.
http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Better_Uninitialized_Warnings

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

cc1: warnings being treated as errors
In file included from drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c:1204:
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_request.c: In function 'live_nop_request':
>> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_request.c:280: error: 'request' may be used uninitialized in this function

vim +/request +280 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_request.c

274 */
275
276 mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
277
278 for_each_engine(engine, i915, id) {
279 IGT_TIMEOUT(end_time);
> 280 struct drm_i915_gem_request *request;
281 unsigned long n, prime;
282 ktime_t times[2] = {};
283

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