linux-kernel - [PATCH] phy: Variable "val" in function miphy_osc_is

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Message-Id: <20190206033036.22729-1-yzhai003@ucr.edu>
Date:   Tue,  5 Feb 2019 19:30:36 -0800
From:   Yizhuo <yzhai003@....edu>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     csong@...ucr.edu, zhiyunq@...ucr.edu, Yizhuo <yzhai003@....edu>,
        Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@...com>,
        Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] phy: Variable "val" in function miphy_osc_is_ready() could be uninitialized

In function miphy_osc_is_ready(), local variable "val"
could be uninitalized. if function regmap_read() returns
-EINVAL. However, this value is used in if statement.
This is potentially unsafe.

Signed-off-by: Yizhuo <yzhai003@....edu>
---
 drivers/phy/st/phy-miphy28lp.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/phy/st/phy-miphy28lp.c b/drivers/phy/st/phy-miphy28lp.c
index 213e2e15339c..40c7c0a611a0 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/st/phy-miphy28lp.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/st/phy-miphy28lp.c
@@ -835,7 +835,8 @@ static int miphy_osc_is_ready(struct miphy28lp_phy *miphy_phy)
 {
 	struct miphy28lp_dev *miphy_dev = miphy_phy->phydev;
 	unsigned long finish = jiffies + 5 * HZ;
-	u32 val;
+	u32 val = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!miphy_phy->osc_rdy)
 		return 0;
@@ -844,8 +845,10 @@ static int miphy_osc_is_ready(struct miphy28lp_phy *miphy_phy)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	do {
-		regmap_read(miphy_dev->regmap,
+		ret = regmap_read(miphy_dev->regmap,
 				miphy_phy->syscfg_reg[SYSCFG_STATUS], &val);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 
 		if ((val & MIPHY_OSC_RDY) != MIPHY_OSC_RDY)
 			cpu_relax();
-- 
2.17.1