Re: [PATCH] [v2] staging: rtl8723bs: avoid bogus gcc warning

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 2:42 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 01:59:32PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 11:33 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > >
> > > What version of gcc causes this?  Should this go into 5.13-final and be
> > > backported?  Or is this only showing up on "unreleased" versions of gcc
> > > and it is safe to wait until 5.14?
> >
> > As I understand, this is related to
> > https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99673
> >
> > gcc-11.1.0 has now been released and it produces this warning.
>
> What's the odds we can get gcc to fix their bug, as it's not a kernel
> issue?  :)

I think there is a high chance it will get fixed in gcc-11.2 or 12.1, but
anyone using gcc-11.1 will still have the problem.

        Arnd