linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] video: exynos: fix build warning and bad pointer deref in dp driver

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Date:	Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:25:54 +0900
From:	Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>
To:	'Olof Johansson' <olof@...om.net>
Cc:	'Florian Tobias Schandinat' <FlorianSchandinat@....de>,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: RE: [PATCH] video: exynos: fix build warning and bad pointer deref in
 dp driver



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olof Johansson [mailto:olof@...om.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 1:16 PM
> 
> I'm not 100% sure if the fix for 'adjust_request' is correct, since
> it's uncertain what the original intent was. But it's so clearly an
> uninitialized pointer dereference that my resolution seems to make sense.
> 
> drivers/video/exynos/exynos_dp_core.c: In function 'exynos_dp_set_link_train':
> drivers/video/exynos/exynos_dp_core.c:521:21: warning: 'adjust_request' may be used uninitialized in
> this function [-Wuninitialized]
> drivers/video/exynos/exynos_dp_core.c:481:6: note: 'adjust_request' was declared here
> drivers/video/exynos/exynos_dp_core.c:529:18: warning: 'reg' may be used uninitialized in this function
> [-Wuninitialized]
> drivers/video/exynos/exynos_dp_core.c:395:6: note: 'reg' was declared here

My compiler cannot detect this warning.
What is your compiler version?


> 
> Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
> ---
>  drivers/video/exynos/exynos_dp_core.c |   23 +++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/exynos/exynos_dp_core.c b/drivers/video/exynos/exynos_dp_core.c
> index 2a4481c..8973e18 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/exynos/exynos_dp_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/exynos/exynos_dp_core.c
> @@ -392,24 +392,19 @@ static unsigned int exynos_dp_get_lane_link_training(
>  				struct exynos_dp_device *dp,
>  				int lane)
>  {
> -	u32 reg;
> -
>  	switch (lane) {
>  	case 0:
> -		reg = exynos_dp_get_lane0_link_training(dp);
> -		break;
> +		return exynos_dp_get_lane0_link_training(dp);
>  	case 1:
> -		reg = exynos_dp_get_lane1_link_training(dp);
> -		break;
> +		return exynos_dp_get_lane1_link_training(dp);
>  	case 2:
> -		reg = exynos_dp_get_lane2_link_training(dp);
> -		break;
> +		return exynos_dp_get_lane2_link_training(dp);
>  	case 3:
> -		reg = exynos_dp_get_lane3_link_training(dp);
> -		break;
> +		return exynos_dp_get_lane3_link_training(dp);
>  	}
> 
> -	return reg;
> +	WARN_ON(1);
> +	return 0;
>  }
> 
>  static void exynos_dp_reduce_link_rate(struct exynos_dp_device *dp)
> @@ -489,13 +484,13 @@ static int exynos_dp_process_clock_recovery(struct exynos_dp_device *dp)
>  				6, link_status);
>  	lane_count = dp->link_train.lane_count;
> 
> +	adjust_request = link_status + (DPCD_ADDR_ADJUST_REQUEST_LANE0_1
> +					- DPCD_ADDR_LANE0_1_STATUS);
> +
>  	if (exynos_dp_clock_recovery_ok(link_status, lane_count) == 0) {
>  		/* set training pattern 2 for EQ */
>  		exynos_dp_set_training_pattern(dp, TRAINING_PTN2);
> 
> -		adjust_request = link_status + (DPCD_ADDR_ADJUST_REQUEST_LANE0_1
> -						- DPCD_ADDR_LANE0_1_STATUS);
> -
>  		exynos_dp_get_adjust_train(dp, adjust_request);
> 
>  		buf[0] = DPCD_SCRAMBLING_DISABLED |
> --
> 1.7.9.2.359.gebfc2

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