linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] hte: uninitialized variable in hte_ts

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Date:   Fri, 6 May 2022 11:21:59 -0700
From:   Dipen Patel <dipenp@...dia.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] hte: uninitialized variable in hte_ts_get()

Acked-by: Dipen Patel

On 5/6/22 7:54 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> The "free_name" variable is sometimes used without being initialized.
>
> 31ab09b42188 ("drivers: Add hardware timestamp engine (HTE) subsystem")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/hte/hte.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hte/hte.c b/drivers/hte/hte.c
> index a14c5bf290ff..7c3b4476f890 100644
> --- a/drivers/hte/hte.c
> +++ b/drivers/hte/hte.c
> @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ int hte_ts_get(struct device *dev, struct hte_ts_desc *desc, int index)
>  	struct of_phandle_args args;
>  	u32 xlated_id;
>  	int ret;
> -	bool free_name;
> +	bool free_name = false;
>  
>  	if (!desc)
>  		return -EINVAL;