linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cdrom: gdrom: initialize global variable at init time

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Date:   Thu, 6 May 2021 17:47:12 +0200
From:   Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Atul Gopinathan <atulgopinathan@...il.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cdrom: gdrom: initialize global variable at init time

Hi!

On 2021-05-06 16:00, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> 
> As Peter points out, if we were to disconnect and then reconnect this
> driver from a device, the "global" state of the device would contain odd
> values and could cause problems.  Fix this up by just initializing the
> whole thing to 0 at probe() time.
> 
> Ideally this would be a per-device variable, but given the age and the
> total lack of users of it, that would require a lot of s/./->/g changes
> for really no good reason.
> 
> Reported-by: Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>

Thanks,
Peter