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SubjectRe: [PATCH] drivers/ata/sata_via.c - Eliminate "may be used uninitialized" warning
On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 03:00:07PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 00:50 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 02:45:20PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > Called by svia_init_one with a temporary,
> > > so there's no effective code change.
> > I'm not getting any warning here.
> > Are you using an older gcc?
>
> Yes. Slightly less than 4.3.0
>
> $ gcc --version
> gcc (GCC) 4.2.2 20071128 (prerelease) (4.2.2-3.1mdv2008.0)
>...

I've reproduced the warning with 4.2 but not with the 4.3 in Debian
unstable.

Jeff is the one to decide about this specific patch.

Independent from this specific patch my opinion is that considering that
we support 7 different release series of gcc aiming for a warning free
compilation with the latest gcc is a good goal, but aiming for a warning
free compilation with all supported gcc release series is not worth it
(especially considering that patches that fix such warnings might even
introduce new bugs).

cu
Adrian

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of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
"Only a promise," Lao Er said.
Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed



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