linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] __init setup_early_printk: missing initialization

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Message-Id: <1390846224-6995-1-git-send-email-xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Date:	Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:10:24 +0100
From:	xypron.glpk@....de
To:	gxt@...c.pku.edu.cn
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, paul.gortmaker@...driver.com,
	vapier@...too.org, totglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] __init setup_early_printk: missing initialization

From: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>

If is based on uninitialized value keep_early.
This leads to unpredictable result.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
---
 arch/unicore32/kernel/early_printk.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/unicore32/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/unicore32/kernel/early_printk.c
index 9be0d5d..460a3b6 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/unicore32/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static struct console early_ocd_console = {
 
 static int __init setup_early_printk(char *buf)
 {
-	int keep_early;
+	int keep_early = 0;
 
 	if (!buf || early_console)
 		return 0;
-- 
1.7.10.4

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