linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: fix uninitialized variable in iscsi

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Date:	Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:44:12 -0500
From:	Mike Christie <michaelc@...wisc.edu>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
CC:	open-iscsi@...glegroups.com,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: fix uninitialized variable in iscsi

Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> [Resend to get through vger's filters, sorry]
> 
> drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c: In function 'iscsi_add_session':
> drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c:704: warning: 'err' may be used uninitialized in this function
> 
> Indeed the error path can be taken without err being set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> I don't know if ENOMEM is the proper error code to return.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
> index 4a803eb..99855db 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
> @@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ int iscsi_add_session(struct iscsi_cls_session *session, unsigned int target_id)
>  						 "Too many iscsi targets. Max "
>  						 "number of targets is %d.\n",
>  						 ISCSI_MAX_TARGET - 1);
> +			err = -ENOMEM;
>  			goto release_host;
>  		}
>  	}

Thanks for the patch.

I have a patch for this from Benny Halevy already.
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