Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:19:52 -0800
From: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com>, jbglaw@lug-owl.de,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.11.3 build problem in arch/alpha/kernel/srcons.c with gcc-4.0
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On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 07:03:52PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Anyone with an alpha care to suggest a fix for this?
> > 
> > arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c: In function 'srmcons_open':
> > arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c:196: warning: 'srmconsp' may be used uninitialized in this function
> > make[1]: *** [arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.o] Error 1
> > make: *** [arch/alpha/kernel] Error 2
> > 
> > I get this when building the 2.6.11.3 kernel with a recent gcc-4.0 snapshot.
> > 
> 
> It's beyond gcc's ability to figure out that the code is OK.  Options would
> be to disable -Werror, or to artificially initialise that variable.

I've a fix in my local tree.  I'll pass it along shortly.


r~
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