linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Initialize union ifs

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Message-Id: <172241870140.1738.16219078765024239314.b4-ty@linux.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 12:38:21 +0300
From: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
To: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>, 
 Jithu Joseph <jithu.joseph@...el.com>, 
 Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, 
 platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Shankar Ravi V <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Initialize union ifs_status
 to zero

On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 15:59:30 +0000, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:

> If the IFS scan test exits prematurely due to a timeout before
> completing a single run, the union ifs_status remains uninitialized,
> leading to incorrect test status reporting. To prevent this, always
> initialize the union ifs_status to zero.
> 
> 


Thank you for your contribution, it has been applied to my local
review-ilpo branch. Note it will show up in the public
platform-drivers-x86/review-ilpo branch only once I've pushed my
local branch there, which might take a while.

The list of commits applied:
[1/1] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Initialize union ifs_status to zero
      commit: 3114f77e9453daa292ec0906f313a715c69b5943

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