Re: [PATCH 3/3] staging: xgifb: Initialize uninitialized variables

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>]

On 09/07/2010 07:34 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> Current patch solves compilation warnings in staging/xgifb for using possibly uninitialized variables.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <martinez.javier@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_setmode.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_setmode.c b/drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_setmode.c
> index c4db2fc..720a592 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_setmode.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_setmode.c
> @@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ void InitTo330Pointer(unsigned char ChipType, struct vb_device_info *pVBInfo)
>  unsigned char XGISetModeNew(struct xgi_hw_device_info *HwDeviceExtension,
>  			unsigned short ModeNo)
>  {
> -	unsigned short ModeIdIndex;
> +	unsigned short ModeIdIndex = 0;
>  	/* unsigned char *pVBInfo->FBAddr = HwDeviceExtension->pjVideoMemoryAddress; */
>  	struct vb_device_info VBINF;
>  	struct vb_device_info *pVBInfo = &VBINF;

No, please don't. This is a compiler bug.

The first use in that function is:
XGI_SearchModeID( ModeNo , &ModeIdIndex, pVBInfo );

and that function contains:
if (XYZ) {
  for( *ModeIdIndex = 0 ; ; ( *ModeIdIndex )++ )
    ...
} else {
  for( *ModeIdIndex = 0 ; ; ( *ModeIdIndex )++ )
    ...
}

So your compiler is foolish if that emits a warning.

> @@ -3834,7 +3834,7 @@ unsigned char XGI_SetCRT2Group301(unsigned short ModeNo,
>  		struct xgi_hw_device_info *HwDeviceExtension,
>  		struct vb_device_info *pVBInfo)
>  {
> -	unsigned short tempbx, ModeIdIndex, RefreshRateTableIndex;
> +	unsigned short tempbx, ModeIdIndex = 0, RefreshRateTableIndex;
>  
>  	tempbx = pVBInfo->VBInfo;
>  	pVBInfo->SetFlag |= ProgrammingCRT2;

The same here.

regards,
-- 
js