linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: spi-nor: spansion: make sure local struct does not contain garbage

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Message-ID: <41d0bb3f-559d-ac70-9525-dd98b820a85c@linaro.org>
Date:   Wed, 17 May 2023 08:17:46 +0100
From:   Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>
To:     miquel.raynal@...tlin.com
Cc:     pratyush@...nel.org, michael@...le.cc, richard@....at,
        vigneshr@...com, Takahiro.Kuwano@...ineon.com,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        geert@...ux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: spi-nor: spansion: make sure local struct does
 not contain garbage

Miquel, please consider this fix for -rc3.

cheers,
ta

On 5/9/23 20:39, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
> Following errors were seen with um-x86_64-gcc12/um-allyesconfig:
> + /kisskb/src/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spansion.c: error: 'op' is used uninitialized [-Werror=uninitialized]:  => 495:27, 364:27
> 
> Initialise local struct spi_mem_op with all zeros at declaration in
> order to avoid using garbage data for fields that are not explicitly
> set afterwards.
> 
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Fixes: c87c9b11c53ce ("mtd: spi-nor: spansion: Determine current address mode")
> Fixes: 6afcc84080c41 ("mtd: spi-nor: spansion: Add support for Infineon S25FS256T")
> Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>
> ---
> v2:
> - init both local vars with all zeros at declaration
> - squash patches as the blamed commits were just introduced in this
>   merge window.
> 
>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spansion.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spansion.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spansion.c
> index 15f9a80c10b9..36876aa849ed 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spansion.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spansion.c
> @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static int cypress_nor_determine_addr_mode_by_sr1(struct spi_nor *nor,
>   */
>  static int cypress_nor_set_addr_mode_nbytes(struct spi_nor *nor)
>  {
> -	struct spi_mem_op op;
> +	struct spi_mem_op op = {};
>  	u8 addr_mode;
>  	int ret;
>  
> @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ s25fs256t_post_bfpt_fixup(struct spi_nor *nor,
>  			  const struct sfdp_parameter_header *bfpt_header,
>  			  const struct sfdp_bfpt *bfpt)
>  {
> -	struct spi_mem_op op;
> +	struct spi_mem_op op = {};
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	ret = cypress_nor_set_addr_mode_nbytes(nor);