Re: x86: clang: acpi-cpufreq.c:970:24: error: variable 'ret' is uninitialized when used here [-Werror,-Wuninitialized]

From: Nathan Chancellor
Date: Thu Nov 10 2022 - 07:46:49 EST


Hi Naresh,

On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 04:44:09PM +0530, Naresh Kamboju wrote:
> [Please ignore email this if it is already reported]
>
> Kernel build warning noticed on x86_64 with clang toolchain [1].
> Build failures noticed from next-20221108 .. next-20221110.
>
> Reported-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> make --silent --keep-going --jobs=8
> O=/home/tuxbuild/.cache/tuxmake/builds/1/build LLVM=1 LLVM_IAS=1
> ARCH=x86_64 SRCARCH=x86 CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-linux-gnu- HOSTCC=clang
> CC=clang
> drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c:970:24: error: variable 'ret' is
> uninitialized when used here [-Werror,-Wuninitialized]
> acpi_cpufreq_online = ret;
> ^~~
> drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c:960:9: note: initialize the variable
> 'ret' to silence this warning
> int ret;
> ^
> = 0
> 1 error generated.

Thanks for the report. I noticed this when it came down in next-20221108
and sent a patch for it:

https://lore.kernel.org/20221108170103.3375832-1-nathan@xxxxxxxxxx/
https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1757

It just needs to be reviewed and picked up.

Cheers,
Nathan