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From: Jesse Millan <jessem@cs.pdx.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 22:41:22 +0000
Subject: [KJ] [PATCH] Fix gcc4 warning,
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Same same. This patch eliminates the warning that is generated
when passing a reference of an uninitialized variable to a function
where it possible that the function will return without initializing
that variable.

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Signed-off-by: Jesse Millan <jessem@cs.pdx.edu>

--- linux-2.6.12-rc4/fs/devfs/base.c~	2005-05-25 15:22:47.710055525 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc4/fs/devfs/base.c	2005-05-25 15:26:15.975096985 -0700
@@ -1127,8 +1127,11 @@ static devfs_handle_t _devfs_make_parent

 	if (dir == NULL)
 		dir = _devfs_get_root_entry();
-	if (dir == NULL)
+	if (dir == NULL) {
+		/* Function would have returned without initializing 'leaf_pos' */
+		*leaf_pos = 0;
 		return NULL;
+	}
 	devfs_get(dir);
 	/*  Search for possible trailing component and ignore it  */
 	for (--namelen; (namelen > 0) && (name[namelen] != '/'); --namelen) ;

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