linux-kernel - [PATCH] vxge: ensure data0 is initialized in when fetching firmware version information

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Date:   Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:19:47 +0000
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] vxge: ensure data0 is initialized in when fetching firmware version information

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Currently variable data0 is not being initialized so a garbage value is
being passed to vxge_hw_vpath_fw_api and this value is being written to
the rts_access_steer_data0 register.  There are other occurrances where
data0 is being initialized to zero (e.g. in function
vxge_hw_upgrade_read_version) so I think it makes sense to ensure data0
is initialized likewise to 0.

Detected by CoverityScan, CID#140696 ("Uninitialized scalar variable")

Fixes: 8424e00dfd52 ("vxge: serialize access to steering control register")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.c
index 4c1fb7e57888..7cde387e5ec6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.c
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ __vxge_hw_vpath_fw_ver_get(struct __vxge_hw_virtualpath *vpath,
 	struct vxge_hw_device_date *fw_date = &hw_info->fw_date;
 	struct vxge_hw_device_version *flash_version = &hw_info->flash_version;
 	struct vxge_hw_device_date *flash_date = &hw_info->flash_date;
-	u64 data0, data1 = 0, steer_ctrl = 0;
+	u64 data0 = 0, data1 = 0, steer_ctrl = 0;
 	enum vxge_hw_status status;
 
 	status = vxge_hw_vpath_fw_api(vpath,
-- 
2.19.1