linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] coresight: potential uninitialized variable in probe()

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Date:   Thu, 13 Jun 2019 18:10:04 +0800
From:   Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] coresight: potential uninitialized variable in probe()

On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 05:56:37PM +0800, Leo Yan wrote:

[...]

> > In my experience it's better to initialize the return as late as
> > possible so that you get static checker warnings when you forget to set
> > the error code.
> 
> Just want to check one thing, which static checker you are using?

Okay, I think it's smatch :)

Thanks,
Leo Yan