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

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Date:   Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:24:39 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
Cc:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>, 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 Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 05:11:11PM +0100, Jérôme Pouiller wrote:
> 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/

Sorry for the delay, had to wait until -rc1 was out.

Now queued up in my tree.

greg k-h