Re: uninitialised variable in nvmm_x86_vmx.c

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

blymn%internode.on.net@localhost (Brett Lymn) writes:

>Folks,

>I have tried to build a kernel from freshly update sources and the build
>stops with an uninitialised variable error in nvmm_x86.vmx.c.  I had a
>poke arund and this patch fixes the compile error:


I think that's a compiler bug.

for ret == 0, the variable is initialized.
for ret != 0, the code quits the loop before the variable is used.

As a workaround, the variable could be set to any value, but
VMCS_EXITCODE_INVALID is probably better in case a future
code change wants to use it.