Hi Kees,

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 1:32 AM Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> 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 recommended[2] by[3] Linus[4], remove the macro.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-gli...@google.com/
> [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/
>
> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
> ---

+1, one less trick split between `compiler*` files.

Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sando...@gmail.com>

Cheers,
Miguel

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