linux-kernel - Re: sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_loader.c:357:9: warning: 'fw' is used uninitialized in this function

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Date:   Fri, 20 Apr 2018 15:34:23 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     kbuild-all@...org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_loader.c:357:9: warning: 'fw' is
 used uninitialized in this function

On Wed, 2018-04-18 at 19:42 +0800, kbuild test robot wrote:


>    sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_loader.c: In function
> 'sst_request_fw':
> > > sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_loader.c:357:9: warning: 'fw' is used
> > > uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]
> 
>      if (fw == NULL) {
>             ^
> 

Looks like semi-false-positive.

We should check retval first, then check fw. The API has to return an
error in case when fw is not filled correctly.

Otherwise it breaks a rule that input parameters are not altered on
error path (when they are not about error itself of course).

> vim +/fw +357 sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_loader.c
> 
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  344  
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  345  /*
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  346   * sst_request_fw - requests audio fw from kernel and saves a
> copy
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  347   *
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  348   * This function requests the SST FW from the kernel, parses
> it and
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  349   * saves a copy in the driver context
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  350   */
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  351  static int sst_request_fw(struct intel_sst_drv *sst)
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  352  {
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  353  	int retval = 0;
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  354  	const struct firmware *fw;
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  355  
> 5794b7ec sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Fang, Yang A 2014-10-
> 30  356  	retval = request_firmware(&fw, sst->firmware_name,
> sst->dev);
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-16
> @357  	if (fw == NULL) {
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  358  		dev_err(sst->dev, "fw is returning as
> null\n");
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  359  		return -EINVAL;
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  360  	}
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  361  	if (retval) {
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  362  		dev_err(sst->dev, "request fw failed %d\n",
> retval);
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  363  		return retval;
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  364  	}
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  365  	mutex_lock(&sst->sst_lock);
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  366  	retval = sst_cache_and_parse_fw(sst, fw);
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  367  	mutex_unlock(&sst->sst_lock);
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  368  
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  369  	return retval;
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  370  }
> 9012c954 sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_loader.c Vinod Koul   2014-10-
> 16  371  
> 
> :::::: The code at line 357 was first introduced by commit
> :::::: 9012c9544eeac485b2193fea721233907f0847fa ASoC: Intel: mrfld -
> Add DSP load and management
> 
> :::::: TO: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
> :::::: CC: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
> 
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