Can I submit simple patches like this to the primary ML?

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 01:48:43AM -0200, Vinícius Tinti wrote:
> This is a simple patch that initializes a function with NULL to avoid some
> compiler warnings. In such cases should I proceed as a normal patch or it is
> better to send to another ML like to one for trivial patches?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tinti

> >From a391789bf44afbdbe2a7b3c76301b5ece9f72475 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: =?UTF-8?q?Vin=C3=ADcius=20Tinti?= <viniciustinti at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 01:35:34 -0200
> Subject: [PATCH] x86: LLVMLinux: Fix uninitialized function do_reloc
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> Explicit initializes do_reloc function with NULL. Later the function is
> either proper initialized of an error issued.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vinícius Tinti <viniciustinti at gmail.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/tools/relocs.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
> index 0c2fae8..1d533f1 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
> @@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ static void emit_relocs(int as_text, int use_real_mode)
>  	int i;
>  	int (*write_reloc)(uint32_t, FILE *) = write32;
>  	int (*do_reloc)(struct section *sec, Elf_Rel *rel, Elf_Sym *sym,
> -			const char *symname);
> +			const char *symname) = NULL;

I think you need to get an updated version of the compiler as this patch
should not be needed at all.  It doesn't cause a warning here for me
without it.

thanks,

greg k-h