linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] staging: comedi: ii_pci20kc: fix usage of uninit scalar in ii20k

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Date:	Mon, 19 May 2014 17:51:34 +0100
From:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
To:	Christian Engelmayer <cengelma@....at>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>
CC:	"hsweeten@...ionengravers.com" <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>,
	Ian Abbott <Ian.Abbott@....co.uk>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: comedi: ii_pci20kc: fix usage of uninit scalar
 in ii20k_attach()

On 2014-05-07 20:45, Christian Engelmayer wrote:
> This driver supports the PCI-20001C-1a and PCI-20001C-2a carrier boards.
> The -2a version has 32 on-board DIO channels. In case this variant is
> detected, local variable 'has_dio' is set accordingly. Otherwise it is
> left uninitialized and the following subdevice instantiation depends on
> the stack. Detected by Coverity - CID 1077830.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Engelmayer <cengelma@....at>
> ---
> v2: Resend after v1 failed to apply
>
>     * rebased against staging-next - commit 09c3fbba (staging: rtl8188eu:
>       Remove 'u8 *pbuf' from struct recv_buf)
>     * fixed mua: no multipart, 7bit text/plain us-ascii
>
> Compile tested and applies against branch staging-next of tree
> git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git
> ---
>   drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ii_pci20kc.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>

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