Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
(or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
"unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just remove this variable since it was
actually unused:
drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c:232:34: warning: unused variable 'flags'
[-Wunused-variable]
unsigned long uninitialized_var(flags);
^
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
[2]
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1tgqcr5vqkczwj0qxk6cernou6eedsuda...@mail.gmail.com/
[3]
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ca+55afwgbgqhbp1fkxvrkepzyr5j8n1vkt1vzdz9knmpuxh...@mail.gmail.com/
[4]
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yvju65tplgn_ybynv0ve...@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
---
drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index aab6a10435b6..a26f85ab58a9 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ void ide_pio_bytes(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_cmd *cmd,
ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
struct scatterlist *sg = hwif->sg_table;
struct scatterlist *cursg = cmd->cursg;
- unsigned long uninitialized_var(flags);
struct page *page;
unsigned int offset;
u8 *buf;
--
2.25.1
