linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: fsl-mc: fix uninitialized variable use

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20171127094459.GA25753@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:44:59 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@....com>
Cc:     Ruxandra Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>,
        "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata@....com>,
        Leo Li <leoyang.li@....com>,
        "stuyoder@...il.com" <stuyoder@...il.com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: fsl-mc: fix uninitialized variable use

On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 09:31:21AM +0000, Laurentiu Tudor wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/27/2017 11:08 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:01:34AM +0200, laurentiu.tudor@....com wrote:
> >> From: Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@....com>
> >>
> >> Fix this warning triggering on a powerpc build:
> >> warning: 'error' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@....com>
> >> ---
> >
> > You forgot a reported-by line :(
> >
> > And I beat you by about 30 minutes to this patch, sorry about that.
> 
> Sorry, I guess I'm slow on mondays before having my morning coffee. :-(
> 
> > Next time always test-build your patches...
> 
> I did but it didn't show up on my version of powerpc toolchain (gcc 
> 4.8.1). Maybe it's too old ...

Yes, that's really old, please update to something more "modern" :)

thanks,

greg k-h