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

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Message-ID: <152457701306.12387.8661221098982971725@mail.alporthouse.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Apr 2018 14:36:53 +0100
From:   Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
        "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

Quoting Gustavo A. R. Silva (2018-04-24 14:30:58)
> 
> 
> 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:


It would help if I read the right function. Ok,
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
-Chris