On Mon, 25 Jan 2016, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> The prcmu_config_clkout() function ensures that the 'clkout' argument
> can only be '0' or '1' using an appropriate BUG_ON(), so the compiler
> should know that the div_mask, mask, and bits variables are always
> initialized later on. However, it doesn't understand this in gcc-5.2
> and produces a false positive warning instead:
> 
> drivers/mfd/db8500-prcmu.c: In function 'prcmu_config_clkout':
> drivers/mfd/db8500-prcmu.c:762:10: error: 'div_mask' may be used 
> uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
>   if (val & div_mask) {
>           ^
> drivers/mfd/db8500-prcmu.c:769:13: error: 'mask' may be used uninitialized in 
> this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
>     if ((val & mask & ~div_mask) != bits) {
>              ^
> drivers/mfd/db8500-prcmu.c:757:7: error: 'bits' may be used uninitialized in 
> this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
> 
> Replacing the switch() statement with an equivalent if() lets
> gcc figure this out reliably and avoids the warnings.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/db8500-prcmu.c | 7 ++-----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/db8500-prcmu.c b/drivers/mfd/db8500-prcmu.c
> index 12099b09a9a7..c0a86aeb1733 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/db8500-prcmu.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/db8500-prcmu.c
> @@ -739,20 +739,17 @@ int prcmu_config_clkout(u8 clkout, u8 source, u8 div)
>       if (!div && !requests[clkout])
>               return -EINVAL;
>  
> -     switch (clkout) {
> -     case 0:
> +     if (clkout == 0) {
>               div_mask = PRCM_CLKOCR_CLKODIV0_MASK;
>               mask = (PRCM_CLKOCR_CLKODIV0_MASK | PRCM_CLKOCR_CLKOSEL0_MASK);
>               bits = ((source << PRCM_CLKOCR_CLKOSEL0_SHIFT) |
>                       (div << PRCM_CLKOCR_CLKODIV0_SHIFT));
> -             break;
> -     case 1:
> +     } else {
>               div_mask = PRCM_CLKOCR_CLKODIV1_MASK;
>               mask = (PRCM_CLKOCR_CLKODIV1_MASK | PRCM_CLKOCR_CLKOSEL1_MASK |
>                       PRCM_CLKOCR_CLK1TYPE);
>               bits = ((source << PRCM_CLKOCR_CLKOSEL1_SHIFT) |
>                       (div << PRCM_CLKOCR_CLKODIV1_SHIFT));
> -             break;
>       }
>       bits &= mask;
>  

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