linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] drm/i915: fix uninitialized pointer reads on pointers to and from

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Date:   Thu, 19 Dec 2019 19:43:06 +0000
From:   Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] drm/i915: fix uninitialized pointer reads on pointers to
 and from

Quoting Colin King (2019-12-19 19:09:16)
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Currently pointers to and from are not initialized and may contain
> garbage values. This will cause uninitialized pointer reads in the
> call to intel_frontbuffer_track and later checks to see if to and from
> are null.  Fix this by ensuring to and from are initialized to NULL.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Uninitialised pointer read)"
> Fixes: da42104f589d ("drm/i915: Hold reference to intel_frontbuffer as we track activity")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

"D'oh"
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
-Chris