netdev - [net-next 03/11] ixgbevf: fix possible use of uninitialized variable

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Date:	Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:03:17 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	gospo@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [net-next 03/11] ixgbevf: fix possible use of uninitialized variable

From: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>

This patch resolves the following warning:

drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c: In function ‘ixgbevf_probe’:
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c:1742:290: warning: ‘err’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c:1717:6: note: ‘err’ was declared here

Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>
Tested-by: Sibai Li <sibai.li@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index a8fbe6c..ee5ff0e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -1724,7 +1724,8 @@ void ixgbevf_reset(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
 static int ixgbevf_acquire_msix_vectors(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter,
 					int vectors)
 {
-	int err, vector_threshold;
+	int err = 0;
+	int vector_threshold;
 
 	/* We'll want at least 2 (vector_threshold):
 	 * 1) TxQ[0] + RxQ[0] handler
-- 
1.7.11.7

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