Patch "drm/nouveau: hide gcc-4.9 -Wmaybe-uninitialized" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

drm/nouveau: hide gcc-4.9 -Wmaybe-uninitialized

to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
drm-nouveau-hide-gcc-4.9-wmaybe-uninitialized.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

From: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 17:30:38 +0200
Subject: drm/nouveau: hide gcc-4.9 -Wmaybe-uninitialized
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From: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>

commit b74c0a9969f25217a5e5bbcac56a11bee16718d3 upstream.

gcc-4.9 notices that the validate_init() function returns unintialized data when called with a zero 'nr_buffers' argument, when called with the -Wmaybe-uninitialized flag:

drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c: In function ‘validate_init.isra.6’:
drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c:457:5: error: ‘ret’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]

However, the only caller of this function always passes a nonzero argument, and gcc-6 is clever enough to take this into account and not warn about it any more.

Adding an explicit initialization to -EINVAL here is correct even if the caller changed, and it avoids the warning on gcc-4.9 as well.

---
 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ validate_init(struct nouveau_channel *ch
 {
 	struct nouveau_cli *cli = nouveau_cli(file_priv);
 	int trycnt = 0;
-	int ret, i;
+	int ret = -EINVAL, i;
 	struct nouveau_bo *res_bo = NULL;
 	LIST_HEAD(gart_list);
 	LIST_HEAD(vram_list);

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.9/kasan-rework-kconfig-settings.patch queue-4.9/tw5864-use-dev_warn-instead-of-warn-to-shut-up-warning.patch queue-4.9/perf-x86-shut-up-false-positive-wmaybe-uninitialized-warning.patch queue-4.9/go7007-add-media_camera_support-dependency.patch queue-4.9/scsi-advansys-fix-build-warning-for-pci-n.patch queue-4.9/video-fbdev-via-remove-possibly-unused-variables.patch queue-4.9/drm-exynos-mark-pm-functions-as-__maybe_unused.patch queue-4.9/binfmt_elf-compat-avoid-unused-function-warning.patch queue-4.9/idle-i7300-add-pci-dependency.patch queue-4.9/cw1200-fix-bogus-maybe-uninitialized-warning.patch queue-4.9/x86-build-silence-the-build-with-make-s.patch queue-4.9/gpio-xgene-mark-pm-functions-as-__maybe_unused.patch queue-4.9/kvm-add-x86_local_apic-dependency.patch queue-4.9/reiserfs-avoid-a-wmaybe-uninitialized-warning.patch queue-4.9/scsi-advansys-fix-uninitialized-data-access.patch queue-4.9/drm-i915-fix-intel_backlight_device_register-declaration.patch queue-4.9/spi-bcm-qspi-shut-up-warning-about-cfi-header-inclusion.patch queue-4.9/asoc-ux500-add-module_license-tag.patch queue-4.9/x86-microcode-amd-change-load_microcode_amd-s-param-to-bool-to-fix-preemptibility-bug.patch queue-4.9/video-fbdev-mmp-add-module_license.patch queue-4.9/usb-phy-msm-add-regulator-dependency.patch queue-4.9/arm64-dts-add-cooling-cells-to-cpu-nodes.patch queue-4.9/vmxnet3-prevent-building-with-64k-pages.patch queue-4.9/x86-platform-add-pci-dependency-for-punit_atom_debug.patch queue-4.9/alsa-hda-ca0132-fix-possible-null-pointer-use.patch queue-4.9/thermal-fix-intel_soc_dts_iosf_core-dependencies.patch queue-4.9/arm64-define-bug-instruction-without-config_bug.patch queue-4.9/arm64-sunxi-always-enable-reset-controller.patch queue-4.9/tc358743-fix-register-i2c_rd-wr-functions.patch queue-4.9/security-keys-big_key-requires-config_crypto.patch queue-4.9/drm-i915-hide-unused-intel_panel_set_backlight-function.patch queue-4.9/x86-fpu-math-emu-fix-possible-uninitialized-variable-use.patch queue-4.9/arm-8743-1-bl_switcher-add-module_license-tag.patch queue-4.9/em28xx-only-use-mt9v011-if-camera-support-is-enabled.patch queue-4.9/arm64-fix-warning-about-swapper_pg_dir-overflow.patch queue-4.9/shmem-avoid-maybe-uninitialized-warning.patch queue-4.9/input-tca8418_keypad-hide-gcc-4.9-wmaybe-uninitialized-warning.patch queue-4.9/drm-nouveau-hide-gcc-4.9-wmaybe-uninitialized.patch queue-4.9/x86-add-multiuser-dependency-for-kvm.patch queue-4.9/isdn-eicon-reduce-stack-size-of-sig_ind-function.patch