netdev - Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: xgene: Pre-initialize ret in xgene_enet_get

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Date:	Sun, 28 Jun 2015 16:54:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	geert@...ux-m68k.org
Cc:	stripathi@....com, isubramanian@....com, kchudgar@....com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: xgene: Pre-initialize ret in
 xgene_enet_get_resources()

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:13:29 +0200

> If CONFIG_ACPI=n:
> 
>     drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c: In function ‘xgene_enet_get_resources’:
>     drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c:951: warning: ‘ret’ may be used uninitialized in this function
> 
> If the driver is bound to a legacy platform device, ret will contain
> arbitrary data. If it is non-zero, it will be returned to the caller as
> an error code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Applied.