linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: vsc73xxx: Fix uninitalized 'val' in vsc73xx_adjust

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Date:   Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:22:23 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
Cc:     Danila Chernetsov <listdansp@...l.ru>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: vsc73xxx: Fix uninitalized 'val' in
 vsc73xx_adjust_link

On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:59:27 +0100 Simon Horman wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 03:50:08PM +0000, Danila Chernetsov wrote:
> > Using uninitialized variable after calls vsc73xx_read 
> > without error checking may cause incorrect driver behavior.  
> 
> I wonder if it is:
> a) intentional that these calls are not checked for errors
> b) errors can occur in these call paths

At the very least we should handle the error rather than silencing 
the static checker complain by picking a semi-random init value for 
the entire function.