linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 14/44] bcm63xx_enet: avoid uninitialized variable warning

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Date:   Thu, 16 Mar 2017 23:29:39 +0900
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 14/44] bcm63xx_enet: avoid uninitialized variable warning

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

commit df384d435a5c034c735df3d9ea87a03172c59b56 upstream.

gcc-7 and probably earlier versions get confused by this function
and print a harmless warning:

drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c: In function 'bcm_enet_open':
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c:1130:3: error: 'phydev' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]

This adds an initialization for the 'phydev' variable when it is unused
and changes the check to test for that NULL pointer to make it clear
that we always pass a valid pointer here.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c
@@ -913,6 +913,8 @@ static int bcm_enet_open(struct net_devi
 		priv->old_link = 0;
 		priv->old_duplex = -1;
 		priv->old_pause = -1;
+	} else {
+		phydev = NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* mask all interrupts and request them */
@@ -1083,7 +1085,7 @@ static int bcm_enet_open(struct net_devi
 	enet_dmac_writel(priv, priv->dma_chan_int_mask,
 			 ENETDMAC_IRMASK, priv->tx_chan);
 
-	if (priv->has_phy)
+	if (phydev)
 		phy_start(phydev);
 	else
 		bcm_enet_adjust_link(dev);
@@ -1126,7 +1128,7 @@ out_freeirq:
 	free_irq(dev->irq, dev);
 
 out_phy_disconnect:
-	if (priv->has_phy)
+	if (phydev)
 		phy_disconnect(phydev);
 
 	return ret;