On Tue, 2014-01-07 at 10:55 +0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Davidlohr Bueso <davidl...@hp.com> wrote:
> > {
> > int lock_taken, ret, force_take = 0;
> > - u32 uval, newval, curval, vpid = task_pid_vnr(task);
> > + u32 uval, newval, uninitialized_var(curval), vpid =
> > task_pid_vnr(task);
>
> Do you have some broken compiler?
I only notice this when testing this patchset on our servers with RHEL
6.4 (gcc 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3)).
> I really tend to hate this kind of
> workarounds, because as mentioned, they can actually hide valid
> warnings, and it seems to be due to just stupid compilers. Are we
> perhaps better off trying to get people off the broken compiler
> versions instead?
As Darren points out, this path is unlikely to change, but I have no
particular preference otherwise.
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