linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] renesas; Silence uninitialized variable report in usbhsg_recip_run

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Date:	Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:11:19 +0200
From:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@...esas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] renesas; Silence uninitialized variable report in
 usbhsg_recip_run_handle()

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:42:10PM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> In drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/mod_gadget.c::usbhsg_recip_run_handle()
> the Coverity Prevent checker currently flags a warning about possibly
> uninitialized use of 'ret' i usbhsg_recip_run_handle(). It does this
> since it assumes we take one of the non-default branches in the switch
> and then subsequently take the false branch in the 'if (func)' case
> below. This exact scenario will never happen, but Coverity can't see
> that for some reason. This patch initializes 'ret' to '0' when it is
> declared which should shut up this report and won't really hurt - so
> why not? At least then it's clear that 'ret' is always initialized..
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>

applied, thanks

-- 
balbi

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