linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] gpio: pca953x: avoid to use uninitialized value pinctrl

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Date:   Fri, 30 Dec 2022 23:36:40 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc:     Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Haibo Chen <haibo.chen@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] gpio: pca953x: avoid to use uninitialized value
 pinctrl

On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 01:48:20PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 1:04 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 12:05:58AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > From: Haibo Chen <haibo.chen@....com>
> > >
> > > There is a variable pinctrl declared without initializer. And then
> > > has the case (switch operation chose the default case) to directly
> > > use this uninitialized value, this is not a safe behavior. So here
> > > initialize the pinctrl as 0 to avoid this issue.
> > > This is reported by Coverity.
> >
> > Bart, any comments on the series?
> 
> Now applied. I just got back from Christmas break, give me a moment. :)

Sure and thank you! Merry xmas!

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko