Re: [kbuild] drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/clock.c:242:40: warning: Variable 'msg' is not assigned a value. [unassignedVariable]

[Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@arm.com>]

On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 11:57:29AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git  master
> head:   7e284070abe53d448517b80493863595af4ab5f0
> commit: 7bc7caafe6b1e5b882255a42bc1bf112fa87b69b firmware: arm_scmi: Use common iterators in the clock protocol
> compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 11.3.0
> reproduce (cppcheck warning):
>         # apt-get install cppcheck
>         git checkout 7bc7caafe6b1e5b882255a42bc1bf112fa87b69b
>         cppcheck --quiet --enable=style,performance,portability --template=gcc FILE
> 
> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> 

Hi Dan,

thanks for the report.

> cppcheck possible warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>, may not real problems)
> 
> >> drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/clock.c:242:40: warning: Variable 'msg' is not assigned a value. [unassignedVariable]
>     struct scmi_msg_clock_describe_rates *msg;
>                                           ^
> 
> vim +/msg +242 drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/clock.c
> 
> 7bc7caafe6b1e5 Cristian Marussi 2022-03-30  235  static int
> 7bc7caafe6b1e5 Cristian Marussi 2022-03-30  236  scmi_clock_describe_rates_get(const struct scmi_protocol_handle *ph, u32 clk_id,
> 7bc7caafe6b1e5 Cristian Marussi 2022-03-30  237  			      struct scmi_clock_info *clk)
> 7bc7caafe6b1e5 Cristian Marussi 2022-03-30  238  {
> 7bc7caafe6b1e5 Cristian Marussi 2022-03-30  239  	int ret;
> 5f6c6430e904d2 Sudeep Holla     2017-06-06  240  
> 
> Please delete the blank line.

I'll do.

> 
> 7bc7caafe6b1e5 Cristian Marussi 2022-03-30  241  	void *iter;
> 7bc7caafe6b1e5 Cristian Marussi 2022-03-30 @242  	struct scmi_msg_clock_describe_rates *msg;
> 
> I was so surprised that GCC doesn't warn about this but "msg" is only
> used to calculate the sizeof(*msg).
> 

Probably a leftover from a previous version of the series where msg was
usaed not only for sizeof()....I'll send a fix anyway to silence the
bot.

Thanks,
Cristian