[PATCH] fdt_support: fix fdt_copy_fixed_partitions function()

Patrice CHOTARD patrice.chotard at foss.st.com
Tue Mar 12 11:47:06 CET 2024


On 3/11/24 12:37, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 08, 2024 at 02:34:04PM +0100, Patrice Chotard wrote:
>> Move variable declaration at the beginning of the function.
>>
> 
> The problem, presumably, is that when declarations are in the middle of
> a block then it triggers a GCC warning.  "declarations after code" or
> whatever...  The commit message is not really clear.

Hi

Yes it was my intention.
During code review, i noticed this "in the middle" variable declaration and always
thought that compiler will warn about this.

> 
> And when I built this file I don't get a warning.  Is there a specific
> config required to trigger the warning?

I confirm, i checked also on my side and don't get any warning.

> 
> Btw, the Linux kernel recently silenced this warning because it doesn't
> work well with the cleanup.h code...  It will be interesting to see if
> people abandon this style guideline.

So this patch can be abandoned.

Thanks
Patrice

> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
> 
>> Fixes: 163c5f60ebb4 ("fdt_support: add fdt_copy_fixed_partitions function")
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard at foss.st.com>
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> 


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