linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: actions: Fix uninitialized error in owl_pin_config

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:35:30 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>,
        Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: actions: Fix uninitialized error in owl_pin_config_set()

On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 12:05 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:

> With gcc 4.1.2:
>
>     drivers/pinctrl/actions/pinctrl-owl.c: In function ‘owl_pin_config_set’:
>     drivers/pinctrl/actions/pinctrl-owl.c:336: warning: ‘ret’ may be used uninitialized in this function
>
> Indeed, if num_configs is zero, the uninitialized value will be returned
> as an error code.
>
> Fix this by preinitializing it to zero.
>
> Fixes: 2242ddfbf4d699b5 ("pinctrl: actions: Add Actions S900 pinctrl driver")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Patch applied with Manivannan's ACK.

Yours,
Linus Walleij