Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:54:00 +0000 (GMT)
From: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
To: askb <askb23@gmail.com>
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       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/ksm.c - Fix compile warnings (PS ignore my formatting
 in previous email)
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On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, askb wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 10:51 +0000, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> > On Wed, 4 Nov 2009, askb wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 10:57 +0100, walter harms wrote:
> > > > askb schrieb:
> > > > > Found the compiler warning on linux-next: =09
> > > > >=20
> > > > > mm/ksm.c: In function =E2=80=98ksm_scan_thread=E2=80=99:
> > > > > mm/ksm.c:1083: warning: =E2=80=98page2[0u]=E2=80=99 may be used u=
ninitialized in this
> > > > > function
> > > > > mm/ksm.c:1083: note: =E2=80=98page2[0u]=E2=80=99 was declared her=
e
=2E..
> > Which version of the compiler gave you that uninitialized warning?
>=20
> gcc version 4.3.2 [gcc-4_3-branch revision 141291] (SUSE Linux)

Thanks: funny, that's the one I've been using most too.

>=20
> > A version which lots of people are using, or just some snapshot?
> > I've never seen a warning there myself, but they do keep "refining"
> > that logic.
> >=20
> I got the warning while doing "make randconfig". However, now after a
> cleanup and redoing the same, the warning is not seen.

I just tried the most obvious alternatives (CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE,
OPTIMIZE_INLINING, off and on), but still didn't see the warning.

Never mind, I've shoved a NULL in my tree, but no rush for this.

Hugh
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