linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 1/1] Fix uninitialized variable in ipmb_dev

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Message-Id: <571dbb67cf58411d567953d9fb3739eb4789238b.1563996586.git.Asmaa@mellanox.com>
Date:   Wed, 24 Jul 2019 15:32:57 -0400
From:   Asmaa Mnebhi <Asmaa@...lanox.com>
To:     minyard@....org
Cc:     Asmaa Mnebhi <Asmaa@...lanox.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        asmaa@...lanox.com
Subject: [PATCH v1 1/1] Fix uninitialized variable in ipmb_dev_int.c

ret at line 112 of ipmb_dev_int.c is uninitialized which
results in a warning during build regressions.
This warning was found by build regression/improvement
testing for v5.3-rc1.

Reported-by: build regression/improvement testing for v5.3-rc1.
Fixes: 51bd6f291583 ("Add support for IPMB driver")
Signed-off-by: Asmaa Mnebhi <Asmaa@...lanox.com>
---
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c
index 5720433..285e0b8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static ssize_t ipmb_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 	struct ipmb_dev *ipmb_dev = to_ipmb_dev(file);
 	struct ipmb_request_elem *queue_elem;
 	struct ipmb_msg msg;
-	ssize_t ret;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
 	memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
 
-- 
2.1.2