linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: gyroadc: fix uninitialized return code

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Date:   Thu, 4 Jul 2019 21:55:58 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas@...il.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Simon Horman <horms+renesas@...ge.net.au>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@...esas.com>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: gyroadc: fix uninitialized return code


> >> This is correct but missing that the above 'return ret' is broken, too.
> >> ret is initialized but 0 in that case.
> > 
> > Nice catch! Oh well, given enough eyeballs, ...
> 
> I don't think ret is initialized, reg is, not ret .

It is initialized for the broken 'return ret' *above* the one which gets
rightfully fixed in this patch.


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