netdev - Re: mwifiex: fix uninitialized variable access in pcie

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Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:55:36 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@...vell.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@...vell.com>,
        Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>,
        Xinming Hu <huxm@...vell.com>, Cathy Luo <cluo@...vell.com>,
        Shengzhen Li <szli@...vell.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mwifiex: fix uninitialized variable access in pcie_remove

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> Checking the firmware status from PCIe register only works
> if the register is available, otherwise we end up with
> random behavior:
> 
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c: In function 'mwifiex_pcie_remove':
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c:585:5: error: 'fw_status' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
> 
> This makes sure we treat the absence of the register as a failure.
> 
> Fixes: 045f0c1b5e26 ("mwifiex: get rid of global user_rmmod flag")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

0e8edb9aed03 mwifiex: fix uninitialized variable access in pcie_remove

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9515899/

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