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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+///
+/// Please, don't reintroduce uninitialized_var().
+/// From Documentation/process/deprecated.rst:
+/// For any compiler warnings about uninitialized variables, just add
+/// an initializer. Using warning-silencing tricks is dangerous as it
+/// papers over real bugs (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. Keep in mind that in most cases, if an initialization is
+/// obviously redundant, the compiler's dead-store elimination pass will make
+/// sure there are no needless variable writes.
+///
+// Confidence: High
+// Copyright: (C) 2020 Denis Efremov ISPRAS
+// Options: --no-includes --include-headers
+//
+
+virtual context
+virtual report
+virtual org
+
+@r@
+identifier var;
+type T;
+position p;
+@@
+
+(
+* T var =@p var;
+|
+* T var =@p *(&(var));
+|
+* var =@p var
+|
+* var =@p *(&(var))
+)
+
+@script:python depends on report@
+p << r.p;
+@@
+
+coccilib.report.print_report(p[0],
+ "WARNING this kind of initialization is deprecated (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#uninitialized-var)")
+
+@script:python depends on org@
+p << r.p;
+@@
+
+coccilib.org.print_todo(p[0],
+ "WARNING this kind of initialization is deprecated (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#uninitialized-var)")