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SubjectRe: [PATCH] arm_pmu: fix compiler warning in arm_pmu_device_probe
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Hi Chris,

On 01/08/18 22:45, Chris Packham wrote:
> GCC warns
>
> arm_pmu_platform.c:234:5: error: 'err' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
>
> This is because we rely on the for_each_cpu loop in armpmu_request_irqs
> to initialise err. The warning is a little bogus because we know if
> there were 0 CPUs this code would not be running.
>
> Initialise err to 0 to avoid the warning.

Maybe initialising to something like -EINVAL would be more appropriate,
just in case we did ever manage to get here with armpmu->supported_cpus
unset?

Robin.

> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
> ---
> This has been reported before in https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/5/508 I'm not
> sure if it was dismmissed as "meh, gcc is wrong" or if it was just wainting for
> someone with some round tuits.
>
>
> drivers/perf/arm_pmu_platform.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu_platform.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu_platform.c
> index 971ff336494a..96075cecb0ae 100644
> --- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu_platform.c
> +++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu_platform.c
> @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static int pmu_parse_irqs(struct arm_pmu *pmu)
> static int armpmu_request_irqs(struct arm_pmu *armpmu)
> {
> struct pmu_hw_events __percpu *hw_events = armpmu->hw_events;
> - int cpu, err;
> + int cpu, err = 0;
>
> for_each_cpu(cpu, &armpmu->supported_cpus) {
> int irq = per_cpu(hw_events->irq, cpu);
>

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