linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: wfx: avoid uninitialized variable use

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Date:   Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:11:11 +0100
From:   Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: wfx: avoid uninitialized variable use

On Monday 26 October 2020 17:02:22 CET Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> Move the added check of the 'band' variable after the
> initialization. Pointed out by clang with
> 
> drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c:34:19: warning: variable 'band' is uninitialized when used here [-Wuninitialized]
>         if (rate->idx >= band->n_bitrates) {

Hello Arnd,

This patch has already been submitted[1]. I think it is going to be
applied to staging very soon.

Sorry for the disturbing.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/driverdev-devel/20201019160604.1609180-1-Jerome.Pouiller@silabs.com/

-- 
Jérôme Pouiller