Re: 2.6.18-rc1-mm1: drivers/ide/pci/jmicron.c warning

Alan Cox
2006-07-11T23:11:22Z

On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:10:45AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> I'm not a C expert myself, so I asked a gcc developer on irc.
>
> The problem is that C allows you to assign other values than the ones
> listed in the enum to the variable.

Its still a gcc bug in that case because you can show by static analysis
that no value is assigned into that array which isn't a member of the enum
and also that nobody takes the address of the object in question...

[Ok its a harder one]

I'd say that gcc warning in the case that all the enum values are enumerated
and have returns is a broken warning irrespective of that so I won't "fix" it
because it isn't broken. Its just like various other bogus gcc warnings

Alan