linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] ASoC: aw88261: Fix unitialized ret of aw88261_reg

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Date:   Mon, 14 Aug 2023 15:02:02 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
Cc:     Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...nsource.cirrus.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] ASoC: aw88261: Fix unitialized ret of aw88261_reg_update()

On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 3:47 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> There is a branch in if() clause where aw88261_reg_update() could return
> uninitialized value.  Pounted out by W=1 clang build:
>
>   sound/soc/codecs/aw88261.c:651:7: error: variable 'ret' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
>                 if (aw_dev->prof_cur != aw_dev->prof_index) {
>                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   sound/soc/codecs/aw88261.c:660:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here
>         return ret;
>                ^~~
>   sound/soc/codecs/aw88261.c:651:3: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true
>                 if (aw_dev->prof_cur != aw_dev->prof_index) {
>                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks for the patch!
I see this addressed already in -next:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230808125703.1611325-1-arnd@kernel.org/


>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
> ---
>  sound/soc/codecs/aw88261.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/aw88261.c b/sound/soc/codecs/aw88261.c
> index 82923b454dd4..fddba2f2de41 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/codecs/aw88261.c
> +++ b/sound/soc/codecs/aw88261.c
> @@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static int aw88261_dev_stop(struct aw_device *aw_dev)
>  static int aw88261_reg_update(struct aw88261 *aw88261, bool force)
>  {
>         struct aw_device *aw_dev = aw88261->aw_pa;
> -       int ret;
> +       int ret = 0;
>
>         if (force) {
>                 ret = regmap_write(aw_dev->regmap,
> --
> 2.34.1
>


-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers