linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] dt: add of_get_child

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:24:11 -0600
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
To:	Dong Aisheng <b29396@...escale.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, linus.walleij@...ricsson.com,
	s.hauer@...gutronix.de, shawn.guo@...escale.com,
	kernel@...gutronix.de, grant.likely@...retlab.ca,
	rob.herring@...xeda.com, cjb@...top.org, b20223@...escale.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] dt: add of_get_child_count helper function

On 04/26/2012 08:40 AM, Dong Aisheng wrote:
> From: Dong Aisheng <dong.aisheng@...aro.org>
> 
> Currently most code to get child count in kernel are almost same,
> add a helper to implement this function for dt to use.

> diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h

> +static inline int of_get_child_count(const struct device_node *np)
> +{
> +	struct device_node *child = NULL;

You don't actually need to initialize child here. It doesn't really
matter here, but in a more complex function, it might hide a
used-before-initialized error.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/