Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754504AbYJBJBR (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Oct 2008 05:01:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753310AbYJBJBB (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Oct 2008 05:01:01 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:59490 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753248AbYJBJBA (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Oct 2008 05:01:00 -0400 Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:00:44 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Alan Cox Cc: Steven Noonan , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip] drivers/serial/8250.c: 'i' may be used uninitialized Message-ID: <20081002090044.GC3550@elte.hu> References: <1222847847-7127-1-git-send-email-steven@uplinklabs.net> <1222847847-7127-2-git-send-email-steven@uplinklabs.net> <1222847847-7127-3-git-send-email-steven@uplinklabs.net> <20081001080150.GC25832@elte.hu> <20081001113343.4bf25ea5@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20081001105741.GA32062@elte.hu> <20081001164107.05c3c90e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081001164107.05c3c90e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -0.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-0.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -0.5 BAYES_20 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 5 to 20% [score: 0.0596] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 587 Lines: 20 * Alan Cox wrote: > > it cannot be wrapped like that via __foo style notation (which can be > > used for section tricks), and uninitialized_var() is the accepted > > Any particular reason that > > #define __used __attribute__((used)) > > doesn't work ? ah, if that works then it's a very nice idea! Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/