HI, Stephen I saw it on Fedora 17 without latest kernel. Then what do you think that it is appropriate to solve this problem? discard this patch? If yes, i can also agree.
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:48 PM, Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> wrote: > On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 15:06:04 +0800 > Zhi Yong Wu <zwu.ker...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 11:41 PM, Stephen Hemminger >> <step...@networkplumber.org> wrote: >> > On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:49:18 +0800 >> > Zhi Yong Wu <zwu.ker...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> From: Zhi Yong Wu <wu...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> >> >> >> >> drivers/net/vxlan.c: In function ‘vxlan_sock_add’: >> >> drivers/net/vxlan.c:2298:11: warning: ‘sock’ may be used uninitialized in >> >> this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] >> >> drivers/net/vxlan.c:2275:17: note: ‘sock’ was declared here >> >> LD drivers/net/built-in.o >> >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Zhi Yong Wu <wu...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> >> >> --- >> >> drivers/net/vxlan.c | 2 +- >> >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> >> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c >> >> index 2ef5b62..e15f1af 100644 >> >> --- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c >> >> +++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c >> >> @@ -2272,7 +2272,7 @@ static struct vxlan_sock >> >> *vxlan_socket_create(struct net *net, __be16 port, >> >> { >> >> struct vxlan_net *vn = net_generic(net, vxlan_net_id); >> >> struct vxlan_sock *vs; >> >> - struct socket *sock; >> >> + struct socket *sock = NULL; >> >> struct sock *sk; >> >> int rc = 0; >> >> unsigned int h; >> > >> > This only happens with certain versions of Gcc which have buggy dependency >> > analysis. It doesn't happen with Gcc 4.7, think it only shows up in 4.4. >> > I would rather not fix the warning this way since it risks masking later >> > bugs if this code ever changes. >> Gcc version is 4.7.2 on my box, this warning took palce. >> # gcc -v >> Using built-in specs. >> COLLECT_GCC=gcc >> ... >> gcc version 4.7.2 20120921 (Red Hat 4.7.2-2) (GCC) >> >> > > I dont see it on Debian 7. > $ gcc -v > Using built-in specs. > COLLECT_GCC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.7.real > COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.7/lto-wrapper > Target: x86_64-linux-gnu > Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Debian 4.7.2-5' > --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.7/README.Bugs > --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr > --program-suffix=-4.7 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id > --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext > --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.7 > --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu > --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes > --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-plugin --enable-objc-gc > --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release > --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu > Thread model: posix > gcc version 4.7.2 (Debian 4.7.2-5) -- Regards, Zhi Yong Wu -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/