linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Avoid uninitialized asid in case of error

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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 15:55:21 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@...gle.com>
Cc: will@...nel.org, robin.murphy@....com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, iommu@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, joro@...tes.org, nicolinc@...dia.com,
	mshavit@...gle.com, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Avoid uninitialized asid in case of
 error

On Tue, Jun 04, 2024 at 06:52:18PM +0000, Mostafa Saleh wrote:
> Static checker is complaining about the ASID possibly set uninitialized.
> This only happens in case of error and this value would be ignored anyway.
> 
> A simple fix would be just to initialize the local variable to zero,
> this path will only be reached on the first attach to a domain where
> the CD is already initialized to zero.
> This avoids having to bloat the function with an error path.
> 
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
> Closes:https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iommu/849e3d77-0a3c-43c4-878d-a0e061c8cd61@moroto.mountain/T/#u
> Signed-off-by: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@...gle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Thanks this TODO is in my pile of emails :\

Fixes: 04905c17f648 ("iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Build the whole CD in arm_smmu_make_s1_cd()")
Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>

(mind the missing space 'Closes:')

Jason