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Message-ID: <20160414093337.GD16549@mwanda>
Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:33:37 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Gabriel Somlo <somlo@....edu>
Cc:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, qemu-devel@...gnu.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] firmware: qemu_fw_cfg.c: potential unintialized variable

It acpi_acquire_global_lock() return AE_NOT_CONFIGURED then "glk" isn't
initialized, which, if you got very unlucky, could cause a bug.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
index d999fe3..0e20116 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static inline u16 fw_cfg_sel_endianness(u16 key)
 static inline void fw_cfg_read_blob(u16 key,
 				    void *buf, loff_t pos, size_t count)
 {
-	u32 glk;
+	u32 glk = -1U;
 	acpi_status status;
 
 	/* If we have ACPI, ensure mutual exclusion against any potential

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