linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] iio: buffer: initialize masklength accumulator to 0

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Message-ID: <20240425-b4-iio-masklength-cleanup-v1-3-d3d16318274d@baylibre.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:03:29 -0500
From: David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>
To: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
Cc: David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
	Michael Hennerich <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>,
	Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	imx@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] iio: buffer: initialize masklength accumulator to 0

Since masklength is marked as [INTERN], no drivers should assign it and
the value will always be 0. Therefore, the local ml accumulator variable
in iio_buffers_alloc_sysfs_and_mask() will always start out as 0.

This changes the code to explicitly set ml to 0 to make it clear that
drivers should not be trying to override the masklength field.

Signed-off-by: David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>
---
 drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index 1d950a3e153b..cec58a604d73 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@ int iio_buffers_alloc_sysfs_and_mask(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 
 	channels = indio_dev->channels;
 	if (channels) {
-		int ml = indio_dev->masklength;
+		int ml = 0;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < indio_dev->num_channels; i++)
 			ml = max(ml, channels[i].scan_index + 1);

-- 
2.43.2