linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: usb5303: make use of uninitialized err variable

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Date:	Wed, 9 Jul 2014 15:46:47 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Emil Goode <emilgoode@...il.com>
Cc:	Mark Brown <broonie@...aro.org>, Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Dongjin Kim <tobetter@...il.com>,
	Julius Werner <jwerner@...omium.org>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: usb5303: make use of uninitialized err variable

On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 07:45:25PM +0200, Emil Goode wrote:
> The variable err is not initialized here, this patch uses it
> to store an eventual error value from devm_clk_get().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Emil Goode <emilgoode@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/misc/usb3503.c |   10 +++++++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/usb3503.c b/drivers/usb/misc/usb3503.c
> index f43c619..c86c3fa 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/misc/usb3503.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/misc/usb3503.c
> @@ -191,9 +191,13 @@ static int usb3503_probe(struct usb3503 *hub)
>  		hub->port_off_mask = 0;
>  
>  		clk = devm_clk_get(dev, "refclk");
> -		if (IS_ERR(clk) && PTR_ERR(clk) != -ENOENT) {
> -			dev_err(dev, "unable to request refclk (%d)\n", err);
> -			return PTR_ERR(clk);
> +		if (IS_ERR(clk)) {
> +			err = PTR_ERR(clk);
> +			if (err != -ENOENT) {
> +				dev_err(dev, "unable to request refclk (%d)\n",
> +					err);
> +				return err;
> +			}
>  		}
>  
>  		if (!IS_ERR(clk)) {
> -- 
> 1.7.10.4

This patch fails to apply to my tree :(
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