linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: libcxgbi: remove uninitialized variable len

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Date:   Wed, 27 Mar 2019 20:59:55 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: libcxgbi: remove uninitialized variable len


Colin,

> The variable len is not being inintialized and the uninitialized value
> is being returned. However, this return path is never reached because
> the default case in the switch statement returns -ENOSYS.  Clean up
> the code by replacing the return -ENOSYS with a break for the default
> case and returning -ENOSYS at the end of the function.  This allows
> len to be removed.

Not a fan of this ENOSYS business but I guess it's been that way
forever. Applied to 5.2/scsi-queue, thanks.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering