linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: staging: iio: adc: fix uninitialized use

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Message-ID: <20110704091016.GM2544@shale.localdomain>
Date:	Mon, 4 Jul 2011 12:10:16 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>
Cc:	Chris Forbes <chrisf@....co.nz>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	"linux-iio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: staging: iio: adc: fix uninitialized use

On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 10:01:11AM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On 07/03/11 02:47, Chris Forbes wrote:
> > Fixed an uninitialized variable access. In the first two error paths in
> > max1363_probe(), 'st' is not yet initialized, but its 'reg' member is
> > accessed anyway. This would most likely crash.
> Good spot. Please tech TODO files for staging patches. In this case it would
> have given you the mailing list, now cc'd.

It would better to add an entry to MAINTAINERS so that
./scripts/get_maintainer.pl gave the right lists.

regards,
dan carpenter

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