From 9490991482a2091a828d997adbc088e24c310a4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Borislav Petkov Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 14:49:17 -0700 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- mm/memory.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'mm') diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index c252aae544e9..1d647ab0ee72 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -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) : -- cgit v1.2.3