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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3.13-rc1] xen-blkfront: Silence pfn maybe-uninitialized warning



Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>pfn cannot actually be used unless (!info->feature_persistent), nor is
>pfn accessed in get_grant() unless (!info->feature_persistent), but
>silence
>this warning anyway. gcc-4.8
>
>drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c: In function 'do_blkif_request':
>drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c:508:20: warning: 'pfn' may be used
>uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>     gnt_list_entry = get_grant(&gref_head, pfn, info);
>                    ^
>drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c:492:19: note: 'pfn' was declared here
>     unsigned long pfn;
>
>Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>---
> drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c |    2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
>b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
>index 432db1b..5f926de 100644
>--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
>+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
>@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ static int blkif_queue_request(struct request *req)
> 
>                       if ((ring_req->operation == BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT) &&
>                           (i % SEGS_PER_INDIRECT_FRAME == 0)) {
>-                              unsigned long pfn;
>+                              unsigned long uninitialized_var(pfn);
> 
>                               if (segments)
>                                       kunmap_atomic(segments);

I have a similar patch from Roger that sets pfn=0. 

Roger could you repost your patch please or if you feel that this patch makes 
sense then comment on it?

Thanks.

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