linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bnxt_en: initialize rc to zero to avoid returning garbage

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:42:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	colin.king@...onical.com
Cc:	rob.swindell@...adcom.com, sbaddipa@...adcom.com,
	ajit.khaparde@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnxt_en: initialize rc to zero to avoid returning
 garbage

From: Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Date: Fri,  8 Jul 2016 16:42:48 +0100

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> rc is not initialized so it can contain garbage if it is not
> set by the call to bnxt_read_sfp_module_eeprom_info. Ensure
> garbage is not returned by initializing rc to 0.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Applied, thanks.