From 63a0895d960aa3d3653ef0ecad5bd8579388f14b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kees Cook Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 13:09:38 -0700 Subject: compiler: Remove uninitialized_var() macro 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. With the recent change to disable -Wmaybe-uninitialized in v5.7 in commit 78a5255ffb6a ("Stop the ad-hoc games with -Wno-maybe-initialized"), this is likely the best time to make this treewide change. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider@google.com/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw@mail.gmail.com/ [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg@mail.gmail.com/ [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA@mail.gmail.com/ Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds Reviewed-by: Bart van Assche Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor Tested-by: Sedat Dilek Signed-off-by: Kees Cook --- include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/compiler-gcc.h') diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h index 1c74464c80c6..4099ac8b7f10 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h @@ -59,12 +59,6 @@ (typeof(ptr)) (__ptr + (off)); \ }) -/* - * A trick to suppress uninitialized variable warning without generating any - * code - */ -#define uninitialized_var(x) x = x - #ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE #define __noretpoline __attribute__((__indirect_branch__("keep"))) #endif -- cgit v1.2.3