Hi Paul,
Sorry for I am late to reply your patch.
於 四，2013-01-24 於 14:12 +0100，Paul Bolle 提到：
> Commit f20aaba9819d0801fb1314363f97239da0100bac ("acer-wmi: fix obj is
> NULL but dereferenced") introduced a GCC warning:
> drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c: In function ‘acer_wmi_init’:
> drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c:1216:14: warning: ‘devices’ may be used
> uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
> drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c:1193:6: note: ‘devices’ was declared here
>
> GCC is correct. In WMID_set_capabilities() there are now clearly codepaths
> that use 'devices' uninitialized. (WMID_set_capabilities() is apparently
> inlined in acer_wmi_init().) Previously that couldn't happen. So rework
> the code to use the previous logic, but also make sure 'obj' will not be
> dereferenced while NULL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebo...@tiscali.nl>
Zhang Rui sent similar patch for fix the warning:
http://www.mail-archive.com/platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org/msg04016.html
Still appreciate for your contribution!
Thanks a lot!
Joey Lee
> ---
> Compile tested only!
>
> drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c
> index afed701..0ddac19 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c
> @@ -1197,14 +1197,12 @@ static acpi_status WMID_set_capabilities(void)
> return status;
>
> obj = (union acpi_object *) out.pointer;
> - if (obj) {
> - if (obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER &&
> + if (obj && obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER &&
> (obj->buffer.length == sizeof(u32) ||
> obj->buffer.length == sizeof(u64))) {
> devices = *((u32 *) obj->buffer.pointer);
> - } else if (obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) {
> + } else if (obj && obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) {
> devices = (u32) obj->integer.value;
> - }
> } else {
> kfree(out.pointer);
> return AE_ERROR;
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