From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ray.jui@broadcom.com (Ray Jui) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 19:00:58 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] PCI: iproc: avoid maybe-uninitialized warning In-Reply-To: <2504851.C6gOdhdaGF@wuerfel> References: <20161122141844.1655574-1-arnd@arndb.de> <20161122141844.1655574-2-arnd@arndb.de> <31c4c52b-3de5-2277-7a44-2a4231531074@broadcom.com> <2504851.C6gOdhdaGF@wuerfel> Message-ID: To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 11/22/2016 1:15 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Tuesday, November 22, 2016 9:45:24 AM CET Ray Jui wrote: >>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/host/pcie-iproc.c b/drivers/pci/host/pcie-iproc.c >>> index 857ff5198317..0359569c8d78 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/pci/host/pcie-iproc.c >>> +++ b/drivers/pci/host/pcie-iproc.c >>> @@ -936,6 +936,7 @@ static int iproc_pcie_setup_ib(struct iproc_pcie *pcie, >>> >>> } >>> } >>> + ret = -EINVAL; >>> err_ib: >>> dev_err(dev, "unable to configure inbound mapping\n"); >>> dev_err(dev, "axi %pap, pci %pap, res size %pap\n", >>> >> >> This change is good, but in my opinion, a further improvement for >> clarity would be to initialize 'ret' to -EINVAL in the beginning of this >> function when 'ret' is declared. What do you think? >> > > I never do that, see https://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=232 for a great > explanation about why. > > Arnd > Okay got it. Thanks! Ray