linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 02/27] staging: iio: resolver: ad2s1210: fix use before initialization

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Date:   Mon, 2 Oct 2023 11:07:15 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To:     David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>
Cc:     linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>,
        Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        Michael Hennerich <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>,
        Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@...log.com>,
        Axel Haslam <ahaslam@...libre.com>,
        Philip Molloy <pmolloy@...libre.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/27] staging: iio: resolver: ad2s1210: fix use
 before initialization

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 12:23:07PM -0500, David Lechner wrote:
> From: David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>
> 
> From: David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>
> 
> This fixes a use before initialization in ad2s1210_probe(). The
> ad2s1210_setup_gpios() function uses st->sdev but it was being called
> before this field was initialized.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>
> ---
> 

Fixes: b19e9ad5e2cb ("staging:iio:resolver:ad2s1210 general driver cleanup.")

This would crash the driver right away, on probe.  It's amazing no one
filed a bug report even though the bug is 12 years old.

regards,
dan carpenter