linux-kernel - [PATCH] xen/9pfs: initialize len to 0 to detect xenbus

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Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2017 10:57:56 -0700
From:   Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>
To:     xen-devel@...ts.xen.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sstabellini@...nel.org,
        Stefano Stabellini <stefano@...reto.com>,
        dan.carpenter@...cle.com, jgross@...e.com,
        boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...il.com>,
        Ron Minnich <rminnich@...dia.gov>,
        Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@...kov.net>,
        v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: [PATCH] xen/9pfs: initialize len to 0 to detect xenbus_read errors

In order to use "len" to check for xenbus_read errors properly, we need
to initialize len to 0 before passing it to xenbus_read.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano@...reto.com>
CC: dan.carpenter@...cle.com
CC: jgross@...e.com
CC: boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
CC: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...il.com>
CC: Ron Minnich <rminnich@...dia.gov>
CC: Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@...kov.net>
CC: v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net

---
Juergen, you could also merge this patch into commit
e9c53da56ff36458b1b8df95573f5dac80a1a956
---
---
 net/9p/trans_xen.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/9p/trans_xen.c b/net/9p/trans_xen.c
index 4786424..71e8564 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_xen.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_xen.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static int xen_9pfs_front_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 	struct xenbus_transaction xbt;
 	struct xen_9pfs_front_priv *priv = NULL;
 	char *versions;
-	unsigned int max_rings, max_ring_order, len;
+	unsigned int max_rings, max_ring_order, len = 0;
 
 	versions = xenbus_read(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "versions", &len);
 	if (!len)
-- 
1.9.1