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SubjectRe: [patch] initialize variables in fs/isofs/namei.c


On Sun, 21 May 2006, Dave Jones wrote:

> On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 03:02:34PM -0400, Ameer Armaly wrote:
> > This patch removes un-initialized variable warnings for block and offset in
> > namei.c, which are later initialized through a call to isofs_find_entry().
>
> Which indicates the problem lies with gcc, just like with the other patches
> 'fixing' these warnings.
>
I agree. The compiler should be smart enough to at least consider the
possibility of initializing through pointers.
> The warning is bogus.
>
It is, but at the same it's clutter; in my opinion, readability is not
impacted by explicitly initializing variables that get initialized through
a pointer, and we reduce annoying make output.
> Dave
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