Re: [PATCH] 2.4.19 warnings cleanup

[Alan Cox]

> --- linux/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c.orig	Sat Aug  3 17:13:58 2002
> +++ linux/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c	Sat Aug  3 19:11:54 2002
> @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
>  {
>  	struct ppp_file *pf = file->private_data;
>  	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
> -	ssize_t ret;
> +	ssize_t ret = 0; /* suppress compiler warning */
>  	struct sk_buff *skb = 0;
>  
>  	if (pf == 0)

Please don't do this. I'm regularly having to fix drivers where people
hid bugs this way rather than working out if it was a real problem. If
it is genuinely a compiler corner case then let the gcc folks know and
comment it but leave the warning.