linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: bnxt: Fix a uninitialized variable warning.

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Date:   Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:00:40 +0800
From:   zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
To:     Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
CC:     Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: bnxt: Fix a uninitialized variable warning.

On 2018/9/18 1:36, Michael Chan wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 9:31 AM, zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com> wrote:
>> Fix the following compile warning:
>>
>> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c:49:5: warning: ‘nvm_param.dir_type’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>>   if (nvm_param.dir_type == BNXT_NVM_PORT_CFG)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c
>> index f3b9fbc..ab88217 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c
>> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_nvm_req(struct bnxt *bp, u32 param_id, void *msg,
>>  {
>>         struct hwrm_nvm_get_variable_input *req = msg;
>>         void *data_addr = NULL, *buf = NULL;
>> -       struct bnxt_dl_nvm_param nvm_param;
>> +       struct bnxt_dl_nvm_param nvm_param = {0};
>>         int bytesize, idx = 0, rc, i;
>>         dma_addr_t data_dma_addr;
>>
> I think it is better to return error if there is no param_id match
> after the for loop.  The for loop will initialize nvm_param if there
> is param_id match.
Will do in v2. Thanks for review.

Sincerely,
zhong jiang