linux-kernel - [PATCH] CPU: Avoid using unititialized error variable in disable_nonboot

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Date:	Thu, 27 May 2010 22:16:22 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	pm list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] CPU: Avoid using unititialized error variable in disable_nonboot_cpus()

From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>

If there's only one CPU online when disable_nonboot_cpus() is called,
the error variable will not be initialized and that may lead to
erroneous behavior.  Fix this issue by initializing error in
disable_nonboot_cpus() as appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>
---
 kernel/cpu.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/cpu.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/cpu.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static cpumask_var_t frozen_cpus;
 
 int disable_nonboot_cpus(void)
 {
-	int cpu, first_cpu, error;
+	int cpu, first_cpu, error = 0;
 
 	cpu_maps_update_begin();
 	first_cpu = cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask);
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