linux-kernel - [PATCH] ath9k: Fix uninitialized variable in ath9k_has_tx

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Date:	Sun, 26 Jan 2014 11:53:21 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	QCA ath9k Development <ath9k-devel@....qualcomm.com>
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, ath9k-devel@...ts.ath9k.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ath9k: Fix uninitialized variable in ath9k_has_tx_pending()

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c: In function ‘ath9k_has_tx_pending’:
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c:1869: warning: ‘npend’ may be used uninitialized in this function

Introduced by commit 10e2318103f5941aa70c318afe34bc41f1b98529 ("ath9k:
optimize ath9k_flush").

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
---
This doesn't look like a false positive to me

 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index 5924f72dd493..f08d5051c13f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ static void ath9k_set_coverage_class(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u8 coverage_class)
 
 static bool ath9k_has_tx_pending(struct ath_softc *sc)
 {
-	int i, npend;
+	int i, npend = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ATH9K_NUM_TX_QUEUES; i++) {
 		if (!ATH_TXQ_SETUP(sc, i))
-- 
1.7.9.5

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