linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/8] efi/efi_test: Fix the uninitialized value datasize

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Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:33:14 +0100
From:   Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     Ivan Hu <ivan.hu@...onical.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/8] efi/efi_test: Fix the uninitialized value datasize

From: Ivan Hu <ivan.hu@...onical.com>

Fix the minor issue found by CoverityScan
CID 1358931 (#1 of 1): Uninitialized scalar variable (UNINIT)9.
uninit_use: Using uninitialized value datasize.
199        prev_datasize = datasize;
200        status = efi.get_variable(name, vd, at, dz, data);

Signed-off-by: Ivan Hu <ivan.hu@...onical.com>
Cc: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
---
 drivers/firmware/efi/test/efi_test.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/test/efi_test.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/test/efi_test.c
index ae51268737cc..348efc9cf59f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/test/efi_test.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/test/efi_test.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ static long efi_runtime_get_variable(unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct efi_getvariable __user *getvariable_user;
 	struct efi_getvariable getvariable;
-	unsigned long datasize, prev_datasize, *dz;
+	unsigned long datasize = 0, prev_datasize, *dz;
 	efi_guid_t vendor_guid, *vd = NULL;
 	efi_status_t status;
 	efi_char16_t *name = NULL;
-- 
2.10.0