From 3942ea7a10c93a379cf33710ece8fe0775950368 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 20:12:01 -0700 Subject: deprecated.rst: Remove now removed uninitialized_var It's now gone from the kernel so remove it from the deprecated API text. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/5e10c1645dd8f735215cf54a74db0f8dd3f6cbd5.camel@perches.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- Documentation/process/deprecated.rst | 18 ------------------ 1 file changed, 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst index 918e32d76fc4..70720f00b9aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst @@ -51,24 +51,6 @@ to make sure their systems do not continue running in the face of "unreachable" conditions. (For example, see commits like `this one `_.) -uninitialized_var() -------------------- -For any compiler warnings about uninitialized variables, just add -an initializer. Using the uninitialized_var() macro (or similar -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. - -As Linus has said, this macro -`must `_ -`be `_ -`removed `_. - open-coded arithmetic in allocator arguments -------------------------------------------- Dynamic size calculations (especially multiplication) should not be -- cgit