linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 11/16] media: sur40: Remove uninitialized

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Date:   Fri, 19 Jun 2020 20:30:02 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH v2 11/16] media: sur40: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
(or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
"unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just remove this variable since it was
actually unused:

drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c:459:6: warning: variable 'packet_id' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
  459 |  u32 packet_id;
      |      ^~~~~~~~~

However, in keeping with the documentation desires outlined in commit
335abaea7a27 ("Input: sur40 - silence unnecessary noisy debug output"),
comment out the assignment instead of removing it.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider@google.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw@mail.gmail.com/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg@mail.gmail.com/
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA@mail.gmail.com/

Fixes: 335abaea7a27 ("Input: sur40 - silence unnecessary noisy debug output")
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
index 34d31c7ec8ba..620cdd7d214a 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
@@ -456,8 +456,6 @@ static void sur40_poll(struct input_dev *input)
 {
 	struct sur40_state *sur40 = input_get_drvdata(input);
 	int result, bulk_read, need_blobs, packet_blobs, i;
-	u32 uninitialized_var(packet_id);
-
 	struct sur40_header *header = &sur40->bulk_in_buffer->header;
 	struct sur40_blob *inblob = &sur40->bulk_in_buffer->blobs[0];
 
@@ -491,7 +489,7 @@ static void sur40_poll(struct input_dev *input)
 		if (need_blobs == -1) {
 			need_blobs = le16_to_cpu(header->count);
 			dev_dbg(sur40->dev, "need %d blobs\n", need_blobs);
-			packet_id = le32_to_cpu(header->packet_id);
+			/* packet_id = le32_to_cpu(header->packet_id); */
 		}
 
 		/*
-- 
2.25.1