linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/i915/selftests: Fix uninitialized variable

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Date:   Tue, 24 Apr 2018 08:30:58 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To:     Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
Cc:     intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/i915/selftests: Fix uninitialized variable



On 04/24/2018 08:22 AM, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Quoting Gustavo A. R. Silva (2018-04-24 14:15:45)
>> There is a potential execution path in which variable err is
>> returned without being properly initialized previously.
>>
>> Fix this by initializing variable err to 0.
> 
> err is only returned along an error path, returning 0 would not be
> useful. Which path? All the error paths look correct to me.
> -Chris
> 

If the following two conditions take the false branch then the function 
returns err with a random stack value:

if (intel_has_reset_engine(i915)) {
		...
}

if (intel_has_gpu_reset(i915)) {
		...
}

Thanks
--
Gustavo