Re: [PATCH 1/4] Calgary: phb_shift can be int

[David Rientjes <rientjes@cs.washington.edu>]

On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Richard B. Johnson wrote:

> > > diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-calgary.c
> > > b/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-calgary.c
> > > index 37a7708..31d5758 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-calgary.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-calgary.c
> >> @@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ static void __init calgary_increase_spli
> > >  {
> > >  u64 val64;
> > >  void __iomem *target;
> > > - unsigned long phb_shift = -1;
> > > + unsigned int phb_shift = ~0; /* silence gcc */
> > >  u64 mask;
> > >
> > >  switch (busno_to_phbid(busnum)) {
> > >
> >
> > There's been a suggestion to add
> >
> > #define SILENCE_GCC(x) = x
> 
> This was previously discussed. To quiet gcc warnings, one can use "var=var",
> but you do not want  to hide it in a macro! That hides bonafide bugs. If you
> carefully review code and see that there is absolutely no possibility of using
> an uninitialized variable in any execution path, then you can assign it to
> itself to quiet the compiler.
> 

Such as the case above.

		David
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