Re: [PATCH 1/3] ipc: avoid dereference of null pointer and quiet the GCC warning about uninitialized variable

[Marin Ramesa]

On 18.12.2013 12:00:49, Richard Braun wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 11:40:09AM +0100, Marin Ramesa wrote:
> > On 18.12.2013 11:34:03, Richard Braun wrote:
> > > I don't get this warning, can you tell us how you configure GNU 
> > > Mach ?
> > 
> > --enable-kdb --prefix=
> > 
> > But the warning is turned off by: 
> > 
> > ipc_port_t notify_port = 0;
> > 
> > in ipc/ipc_kmsg.c.
> > 
> > I don't think that's a good solution. I think something else is 
> > happening here.
> 
> How can a local variable in ipc_kmsg.c have any effect on another
> local variable in ipc_entry.c ??

Yes, my change doesn't clear the warning. I forgot to do 'make clean' 
and rebuild. The patch is completely wrong.