[PATCH] i2c-mxs: fix compile warning in mxs_i2c_xfer()

Marek Vasut marek.vasut at gmail.com
Fri Dec 2 14:42:02 EST 2011


> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 09:15:20AM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 09:37:47AM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 09:29:03AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > > Hello Shawn,
> > > > 
> > > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 03:52:20PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > > > >   CC      drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mxs.o
> > > > > 
> > > > > drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mxs.c: In function ‘mxs_i2c_xfer’:
> > > > > drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mxs.c:196:6: warning: ‘data’ may be used
> > > > > uninitialized in this function
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo at linaro.org>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > 
> > > > >  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mxs.c |    2 +-
> > > > >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mxs.c
> > > > > b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mxs.c index 7e78f7c..00f098f 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mxs.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mxs.c
> > > > > @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static int mxs_i2c_wait_for_data(struct
> > > > > mxs_i2c_dev *i2c)
> > > > > 
> > > > >  static int mxs_i2c_finish_read(struct mxs_i2c_dev *i2c, u8 *buf,
> > > > >  int len) {
> > > > > 
> > > > > -	u32 data;
> > > > > +	u32 data = 0;
> > > > > 
> > > > >  	int i;
> > > > >  	
> > > > >  	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
> > > > 
> > > > Looks like a stupid compiler. Then better use
> > > > 
> > > > 	u32 uninitialized_var(data);
> > > 
> > > Leave it as it is and fix the compiler? Will do another test later to
> > > make sure.
> > 
> > Ben, do you have an opinion on this, leave it there or fix it?
> 
> Sorry, forgot the tests yesterday. I don't like random annotations
> because of faulty compilers. Please fix that one. NACK from me.

Hi,

I hit this with emdebian gcc 4.6.1 ... I'd be for merging this u32 data = 0; 
stuff, so on my side it's ACK.

M



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