2015-06-29 03:51:03

by Chun-Yeow Yeoh

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Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: remove compilation warning on mesh

Remove the warning on the following:
mesh_hwmp.c: warning: ‘target_metric’ may be used
uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]

Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <[email protected]>
---
net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
index d80e0a4..1a1f652 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ static void hwmp_preq_frame_process(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
const u8 *target_addr, *orig_addr;
const u8 *da;
u8 target_flags, ttl, flags;
- u32 orig_sn, target_sn, lifetime, target_metric;
+ u32 orig_sn, target_sn, lifetime, target_metric = 0;
bool reply = false;
bool forward = true;
bool root_is_gate;
@@ -551,7 +551,6 @@ static void hwmp_preq_frame_process(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
mhwmp_dbg(sdata, "PREQ is for us\n");
forward = false;
reply = true;
- target_metric = 0;
if (time_after(jiffies, ifmsh->last_sn_update +
net_traversal_jiffies(sdata)) ||
time_before(jiffies, ifmsh->last_sn_update)) {
@@ -568,7 +567,6 @@ static void hwmp_preq_frame_process(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
reply = true;
target_addr = sdata->vif.addr;
target_sn = ++ifmsh->sn;
- target_metric = 0;
ifmsh->last_sn_update = jiffies;
}
if (root_is_gate)
--
2.3.0



2015-06-29 07:56:35

by Johannes Berg

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: remove compilation warning on mesh

On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 15:41 +0800, Yeoh Chun-Yeow wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Johannes Berg
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 11:50 +0800, Chun-Yeow Yeoh wrote:
> > > Remove the warning on the following:
> > > mesh_hwmp.c: warning: ‘target_metric’ may be used
> > > uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
> > >
> > I don't see any such warning, and would prefer not to have a
> > blanket
> > initialization that might in the future suppress a valid warning.
> >
>
> Ok, noted.
>
> FYI, I have compiled backports-20150626 and observed this warning
>

It probably depends on the compiler version?

johannes

2015-06-29 07:41:10

by Chun-Yeow Yeoh

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: remove compilation warning on mesh

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Johannes Berg
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 11:50 +0800, Chun-Yeow Yeoh wrote:
>> Remove the warning on the following:
>> mesh_hwmp.c: warning: ‘target_metric’ may be used
>> uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>>
> I don't see any such warning, and would prefer not to have a blanket
> initialization that might in the future suppress a valid warning.
>

Ok, noted.

FYI, I have compiled backports-20150626 and observed this warning.

----
Chun-Yeow

2015-06-29 07:27:32

by Johannes Berg

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: remove compilation warning on mesh

On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 11:50 +0800, Chun-Yeow Yeoh wrote:
> Remove the warning on the following:
> mesh_hwmp.c: warning: ‘target_metric’ may be used
> uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>
I don't see any such warning, and would prefer not to have a blanket
initialization that might in the future suppress a valid warning.

johannes