linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.9 171/255] lan743x: fix use of uninitialized variable

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Message-Id: <20201117122147.256254115@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:05:11 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@...il.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.9 171/255] lan743x: fix use of uninitialized variable

From: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@...il.com>

[ Upstream commit edbc21113bde13ca3d06eec24b621b1f628583dd ]

When no devicetree is present, the driver will use an
uninitialized variable.

Fix by initializing this variable.

Fixes: 902a66e08cea ("lan743x: correctly handle chips with internal PHY")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@...il.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201112152513.1941-1-TheSven73@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.c
index 6c25c7c8b7cf8..bc368136bccc6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.c
@@ -1015,8 +1015,8 @@ static void lan743x_phy_close(struct lan743x_adapter *adapter)
 static int lan743x_phy_open(struct lan743x_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	struct lan743x_phy *phy = &adapter->phy;
+	struct phy_device *phydev = NULL;
 	struct device_node *phynode;
-	struct phy_device *phydev;
 	struct net_device *netdev;
 	int ret = -EIO;
 
-- 
2.27.0