From: Andrew Morton kernel/audit.c: In function 'audit_log_start': kernel/audit.c:1133: warning: 'serial' may be used uninitialized in this function Cc: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- kernel/audit.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN kernel/audit.c~kernel-auditc-warning-fix kernel/audit.c --- a/kernel/audit.c~kernel-auditc-warning-fix +++ a/kernel/audit.c @@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(str { struct audit_buffer *ab = NULL; struct timespec t; - unsigned int serial; + unsigned int uninitialized_var(serial); int reserve; unsigned long timeout_start = jiffies; _