linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: ccp - avoid uninitialized variable warning

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Message-ID: <2c66ea0e-f1dd-227a-56ec-a5325bf48027@amd.com>
Date:   Tue, 1 Aug 2017 16:37:19 -0500
From:   Gary R Hook <gary.hook@....com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "Lendacky, Thomas" <Thomas.Lendacky@....com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: ccp - avoid uninitialized variable warning

On 07/31/2017 03:49 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The added support for version 5 CCPs introduced a false-positive
> warning in the RSA implementation:
>
> drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c: In function 'ccp_run_rsa_cmd':
> drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c:1856:3: error: 'sb_count' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
>
> This changes the code in a way that should make it easier for
> the compiler to track the state of the sb_count variable, and
> avoid the warning.
>
> Fixes: 6ba46c7d4d7e ("crypto: ccp - Fix base RSA function for version 5 CCPs")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c b/drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c
> index 40c062ad8726..a8bc207b099a 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c
> @@ -1758,6 +1758,7 @@ static int ccp_run_rsa_cmd(struct ccp_cmd_queue *cmd_q, struct ccp_cmd *cmd)
>  	o_len = 32 * ((rsa->key_size + 255) / 256);
>  	i_len = o_len * 2;
>
> +	sb_count = 0;
>  	if (cmd_q->ccp->vdata->version < CCP_VERSION(5, 0)) {
>  		/* sb_count is the number of storage block slots required
>  		 * for the modulus.
> @@ -1852,7 +1853,7 @@ static int ccp_run_rsa_cmd(struct ccp_cmd_queue *cmd_q, struct ccp_cmd *cmd)
>  	ccp_dm_free(&exp);
>
>  e_sb:
> -	if (cmd_q->ccp->vdata->version < CCP_VERSION(5, 0))
> +	if (sb_count)
>  		cmd_q->ccp->vdata->perform->sbfree(cmd_q, op.sb_key, sb_count);
>
>  	return ret;
>

Reviewed-by: Gary R Hook <gary.hook@....com>