linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] gpiolib: of: Initialize variable

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Message-ID: <175207046834.40307.8526281080348815423.b4-ty@linaro.org>
Date: Wed,  9 Jul 2025 16:16:12 +0200
From: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
	Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@...tq-group.com>
Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>,
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] gpiolib: of: Initialize variable

From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>


On Tue, 08 Jul 2025 10:38:29 +0200, Alexander Stein wrote:
> of_flags is passed down to GPIO chip's xlate function, so ensure this one
> is properly initialized.
> 
> 

Yeah, looks like it's a bad idea to pass an uninitialized variable several
levels up the stack. I improved the commit message a bit and queued it for
fixes. It has always been like this so there isn't really a Fixes tag.

[1/1] gpiolib: of: Initialize variable
      https://git.kernel.org/brgl/linux/c/d563e7f95c933816efe531c3a48e22bc099c0f55

Best regards,
-- 
Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>