Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:11:38 -0700 | From | Kees Cook <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] f2fs: Eliminate usage of uninitialized_var() macro |
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On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 04:51:32PM +0800, Jason Yan wrote: > This is an effort to eliminate the uninitialized_var() macro[1]. > > The use of this macro is the wrong solution because it forces off ANY > analysis by the compiler for a given variable. It even masks "unused > variable" warnings. > > Quoted from Linus[2]: > > "It's a horrible thing to use, in that it adds extra cruft to the > source code, and then shuts up a compiler warning (even the _reliable_ > warnings from gcc)." > > Fix it by remove this variable since it is not needed at all. > > [1] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/81 > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA@mail.gmail.com/ > > Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> > Suggested-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@huawei.com> > Signed-off-by: Jason Yan <yanaijie@huawei.com> > --- > v2: Directly remove this variable.
Thanks! I've applied this to my uninitialized_var() macro removal series.
-- Kees Cook
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