linux-kernel - [PATCH] arch: x86: kvm: x86.c: Cleaning up uninitialized variables

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Message-Id: <1401577506-4112-1-git-send-email-rickard_strandqvist@spectrumdigital.se>
Date:	Sun,  1 Jun 2014 01:05:05 +0200
From:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
To:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...nel.org>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] arch: x86: kvm: x86.c:  Cleaning up uninitialized variables

There is a risk that the variable will be used without being initialized.

This was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.

Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |    8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 20316c6..88bf642 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -5691,13 +5691,17 @@ int kvm_hv_hypercall(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		outgpa = ((u64)kvm_register_read(vcpu, VCPU_REGS_RDI) << 32) |
 			(kvm_register_read(vcpu, VCPU_REGS_RSI) & 0xffffffff);
 	}
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	else {
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 		param = kvm_register_read(vcpu, VCPU_REGS_RCX);
 		ingpa = kvm_register_read(vcpu, VCPU_REGS_RDX);
 		outgpa = kvm_register_read(vcpu, VCPU_REGS_R8);
-	}
+#else
+		param = 0;
+		ingpa = 0;
+		outgpa = 0;
 #endif
+	}
 
 	code = param & 0xffff;
 	fast = (param >> 16) & 0x1;
-- 
1.7.10.4

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