linux-kernel - [Patch] Uninitialized variable in drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c

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Date:	Fri, 01 Sep 2006 01:29:12 +0200
From:	Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	matthew@....cx
Subject: [Patch] Uninitialized variable in drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c

hi,

this was spotted by coverity (id #880).
We use simple_strtoul() earlier to initialize pe,
if the function fails, it also does not initialize it.
Therefore we should initialize it ourselves, so the check
in the OPT_TAGS case "if (pe && *pe == '/')" makes sense, and
actually makes the command line parsing more robust.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>

--- linux-2.6.18-rc5/drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c.orig	2006-09-01 01:25:09.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc5/drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c	2006-09-01 01:25:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ static int __init sym53c8xx__setup(char 
 	int xi = 0;
 
 	while (cur != NULL && (pc = strchr(cur, ':')) != NULL) {
-		char *pe;
+		char *pe = NULL;
 
 		val = 0;
 		pv = pc;


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