From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751873Ab2CGFtV (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Mar 2012 00:49:21 -0500 Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:48808 "EHLO out3-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751337Ab2CGFtT (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Mar 2012 00:49:19 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: disovPCOzlf8Zffhdrg4tP8Z83itKGjTW5TRdPRUCiRk 1331099354 Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:46:16 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Zhengwang Ruan Cc: arve@android.com, chris+android@zenthought.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] Staging:android: Initialise buffer and buffer_size before used Message-ID: <20120307054616.GA7775@kroah.com> References: <1331087818-9942-1-git-send-email-ruan.zhengwang@gmail.com> <1331087818-9942-2-git-send-email-ruan.zhengwang@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1331087818-9942-2-git-send-email-ruan.zhengwang@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 10:36:58AM +0800, Zhengwang Ruan wrote: > GCC warns 'buffer' and 'buffer_size' are used with being uninitialized, and > 'buffer' is used as returned value, and 'buffer_size' is initialized using > uninitialized_var to clear warning. Doesn't say that for me at all, what version of gcc are you using? I'm using 4.6.2 here, and if you are using an older version, then please upgrade to one smarter than the one you are using. As you are trying to paper over gcc issues, I can't take this patch, sorry. greg k-h