Add unitialized_var() macro for suppressing gcc warnings
authorBorislav Petkov <bbpetkov@yahoo.de>
Sun, 6 May 2007 21:49:17 +0000 (14:49 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Mon, 7 May 2007 19:12:52 +0000 (12:12 -0700)
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 <bbpetkov@yahoo.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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