Re: [PATCH v2 07/16] clk: st: Remove uninitialized_var() usage
From: Stephen Boyd
Date: Mon Jun 22 2020 - 05:03:44 EST
Quoting Kees Cook (2020-06-19 20:29:58)
> Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
> "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
> simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
> to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just remove this variable since it was
> actually unused:
>
> drivers/clk/st/clkgen-fsyn.c: In function \u2018quadfs_set_rate\u2019:
> drivers/clk/st/clkgen-fsyn.c:793:6: warning: unused variable \u2018i\u2019 [-Wunused-variable]
> 793 | int i;
> | ^
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Fixes: 5f7aa9071e93 ("clk: st: Support for QUADFS inside ClockGenB/C/D/E/F")
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Acked-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx>