Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] kconfig: Fix compiler warning in menu.c

[Jeroen Hofstee <dasuboot@myspectrum.nl>]

Hello Hans,

On 31-07-14 16:21, Hans de Goede wrote:
> This fixes the following compiler warning:
>
> In file included from scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c:2537:0:
> scripts/kconfig/menu.c: In function ‘get_symbol_str’:
> scripts/kconfig/menu.c:590:18: warning: ‘jump’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>       jump->offset = strlen(r->s);
>                    ^
> In file included from scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c:2537:0:
> scripts/kconfig/menu.c:551:19: note: ‘jump’ was declared here
>    struct jump_key *jump;
>
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
> ---
>   scripts/kconfig/menu.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
> index a26cc5d..584e0fc 100644
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
> @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static void get_prompt_str(struct gstr *r, struct property *prop,
>   {
>   	int i, j;
>   	struct menu *submenu[8], *menu, *location = NULL;
> -	struct jump_key *jump;
> +	struct jump_key *jump = NULL;
>   
>   	str_printf(r, _("Prompt: %s\n"), _(prop->text));
>   	menu = prop->menu->parent;

And if you combine head && location into a single boolean,
does this warning still occur? Not that it matters that much
in this case, since it is a host tool, but I guess the compiler
does intend to assign NULL while there is no reason to do so.

Regards,
Jeroen