linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfio/fsl-mc: fix the return of the uninitialized variable ret

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Message-ID: <556df27a-d4aa-ccbf-7559-52b7c0e05c0f@canonical.com>
Date:   Fri, 16 Oct 2020 10:49:03 +0100
From:   Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Diana Craciun OSS <diana.craciun@....nxp.com>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Cc:     Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfio/fsl-mc: fix the return of the uninitialized variable
 ret

On 16/10/2020 10:26, Diana Craciun OSS wrote:
> On 10/15/2020 9:52 PM, Alex Williamson wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:22:26 +0100
>> Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>>>
>>> Currently the success path in function vfio_fsl_mc_reflck_attach is
>>> returning an uninitialized value in variable ret. Fix this by setting
>>> this to zero to indicate success.
>>>
>>> Addresses-Coverity: ("Uninitialized scalar variable")
>>> Fixes: f2ba7e8c947b ("vfio/fsl-mc: Added lock support in preparation
>>> for interrupt handling")
>>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c | 1 +
>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c
>>> b/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c
>>> index 80fc7f4ed343..42a5decb78d1 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c
>>> @@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ static int vfio_fsl_mc_reflck_attach(struct
>>> vfio_fsl_mc_device *vdev)
>>>           vfio_fsl_mc_reflck_get(cont_vdev->reflck);
>>>           vdev->reflck = cont_vdev->reflck;
>>>           vfio_device_put(device);
>>> +        ret = 0;
>>>       }
>>>     unlock:
>>
>> Looks correct to me, unless Diana would rather set the initial value to
>> zero instead.  Thanks,
>>
>> Alex
>>
> 
> 
> I prefer to initialize the variable to 0 when it's defined. I'll send a
> patch for it.

Yep, works for me.

> 
> Thanks,
> Diana