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SubjectRe: [PATCH] f2fs: Eliminate usage of uninitialized_var() macro
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On 2020/6/15 16:51, 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>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@huawei.com>

Thanks,

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