Add unitialized_var() macro for suppressing gcc warnings

Introduce a macro for suppressing gcc from generating a warning about a
probable uninitialized state of a variable.

Example:

-	spinlock_t *ptl;
+	spinlock_t *uninitialized_var(ptl);

Not a happy solution, but those warnings are obnoxious.

- Using the usual pointlessly-set-it-to-zero approach wastes several
  bytes of text.

- Using a macro means we can (hopefully) do something else if gcc changes
  cause the `x = x' hack to stop working

- Using a macro means that people who are worried about hiding true bugs
  can easily turn it off.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bbpetkov@yahoo.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Borislav Petkov 2007-05-06 14:49:17 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent a8127717cb
commit 9490991482
4 changed files with 15 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -13,4 +13,10 @@
#define __must_check __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
#endif
/*
* A trick to suppress uninitialized variable warning without generating any
* code
*/
#define uninitialized_var(x) x = x
#define __always_inline inline __attribute__((always_inline))

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@ -16,3 +16,9 @@
#define __must_check __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
#define __compiler_offsetof(a,b) __builtin_offsetof(a,b)
#define __always_inline inline __attribute__((always_inline))
/*
* A trick to suppress uninitialized variable warning without generating any
* code
*/
#define uninitialized_var(x) x = x

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@ -22,3 +22,5 @@
(typeof(ptr)) (__ptr + (off)); })
#endif
#define uninitialized_var(x) x

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@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ static int apply_to_pte_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
pte_t *pte;
int err;
struct page *pmd_page;
spinlock_t *ptl = ptl; /* Suppress gcc warning */
spinlock_t *uninitialized_var(ptl);
pte = (mm == &init_mm) ?
pte_alloc_kernel(pmd, addr) :