Re: [PATCH 1/1] script/kconfig: remove a warning for menucofig

[Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>]

On 30.06.2014 05:16, Li, Zhen-Hua wrote:
> There is a warning when run "make menuconfig".
>
> scripts/kconfig/menu.c: In function ‘get_symbol_str’:
> scripts/kconfig/menu.c:591:18: warning: ‘jump’ may be used uninitialized in
> this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>       jump->offset = strlen(r->s);
>                    ^
> scripts/kconfig/menu.c:551:19: note: ‘jump’ was declared here
>    struct jump_key *jump;
>                     ^
>
> It is because the compiler think "jump" is not initialized, though in fact
> it is already initialized.
>
> Signed-off-by: Li, Zhen-Hua <zhen-hual@hp.com>
> ---
>   scripts/kconfig/menu.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
> index a26cc5d..584e0fc 100644
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
> @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static void get_prompt_str(struct gstr *r, struct property *prop,
>   {
>   	int i, j;
>   	struct menu *submenu[8], *menu, *location = NULL;
> -	struct jump_key *jump;
> +	struct jump_key *jump = NULL;
>
>   	str_printf(r, _("Prompt: %s\n"), _(prop->text));
>   	menu = prop->menu->parent;
>
Hello Zhen-Hua,

the patch looks incomplete to me. A check
jump != NULL
should be added before accessing parts of structure jump_key.

Best regards

Heinrich Schuchardt