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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: "d binderman" <dcb314@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: variable used before set
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(Add linux-scsi)

"d binderman" <dcb314@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello there,
> 
> I just tried to compile the Linux Kernel version 2.6.11.12
> with the most excellent Intel C compiler. It said
> 
> drivers/scsi/pcmcia/aha152x_stub.c(313): remark #592: variable "tmp" is used 
> before its value is set
>         tmp.device->host = info->host;
>         ^
> 
> This is clearly broken code, since the field tmp.device has not been
> initialised, and so isn't pointing to anything.
> 
> Suggest code rework.

Yup, that will crash.