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

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Date:   Wed, 9 Aug 2017 21:57:03 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Gary Hook <gary.hook@....com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: ccp - avoid uninitialized variable warning

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 10:49:21PM +0200, 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>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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