linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] tty: hvc: pass DMA capable memory to put

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Date:   Fri, 13 Aug 2021 07:53:51 +0200
From:   Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To:     kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        Xianting Tian <xianting.tian@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, amit@...nel.org, arnd@...db.de,
        osandov@...com
Cc:     clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com, kbuild-all@...ts.01.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] tty: hvc: pass DMA capable memory to put_chars()

Hi,

On 12. 08. 21, 14:26, kernel test robot wrote:
>>> drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c:190:26: warning: variable 'hp' is uninitialized when used here [-Wuninitialized]
>             spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hp->c_lock, flags);
>                                     ^~
>     drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c:149:23: note: initialize the variable 'hp' to silence this warning
>             struct hvc_struct *hp;
>                                  ^
>                                   = NULL

So you clearly didn't test your change as it would crash quite 
instantly. I wonder, where do you intend to get hp from in the 
console::print() hook?

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs