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Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 08:34:35 -0700 From: Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> To: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk> Cc: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>, Chris Forbes <chrisf@....co.nz>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, "linux-iio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: staging: iio: adc: fix uninitialized use On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 10:45:01AM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > On 07/04/11 10:10, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 10:01:11AM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > >> On 07/03/11 02:47, Chris Forbes wrote: > >>> Fixed an uninitialized variable access. In the first two error paths in > >>> max1363_probe(), 'st' is not yet initialized, but its 'reg' member is > >>> accessed anyway. This would most likely crash. > >> Good spot. Please tech TODO files for staging patches. In this case it would > >> have given you the mailing list, now cc'd. > > > > It would better to add an entry to MAINTAINERS so that > > ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl gave the right lists. > Perhaps, but Greg KH is anti, so it isn't going to happen. I'm coming around on this, for larger chunks of code, like iio, I don't mind it, so feel free to send me an entry. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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