Re: 2.6.11.3 build problem in arch/alpha/kernel/srcons.c with gcc-4.0

From: Richard Henderson
Date: Sun Mar 20 2005 - 22:22:17 EST


On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 07:03:52PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Dan Kegel <dank@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Anyone with an alpha care to suggest a fix for this?
> >
> > arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c: In function 'srmcons_open':
> > arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c:196: warning: 'srmconsp' may be used uninitialized in this function
> > make[1]: *** [arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.o] Error 1
> > make: *** [arch/alpha/kernel] Error 2
> >
> > I get this when building the 2.6.11.3 kernel with a recent gcc-4.0 snapshot.
> >
>
> It's beyond gcc's ability to figure out that the code is OK. Options would
> be to disable -Werror, or to artificially initialise that variable.

I've a fix in my local tree. I'll pass it along shortly.



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