str9x: explain compiler that a local variable will always be initialized

[fw/openocd] / src / flash / nor / str9x.c

diff --git a/src/flash/nor/str9x.c b/src/flash/nor/str9x.c
index 61a438fc96dbf7e72f6c89485e9ac58f161c555a..63cfd18f70f511299d77915d8ae1cc135b79e3d1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/flash/nor/str9x.c
+++ b/src/flash/nor/str9x.c
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@ static int str9x_erase(struct flash_bank *bank, int first, int last)
                total_timeout = 1000;
        }
 
+       /* this is so the compiler can *know* */
+       assert(total_timeout > 0);
+
        for (i = first; i <= last; i++)
        {
                int retval;