netdev - Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8188ee: initialize packet

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Message-ID: <20140422175919.GC16193@tuxdriver.com>
Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:59:19 -0400
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:	Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
	Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@...lsil.com.cn>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8188ee: initialize packet_beacon

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 12:15:44PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 04/21/2014 11:38 AM, Colin King wrote:
> >From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> >
> >static code analysis from cppcheck reports:
> >
> >[drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/trx.c:322]:
> >   (error) Uninitialized variable: packet_beacon
> >
> >packet_beacon is not initialized and hence packet_beacon
> >contains garbage from the stack, so set it to false.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> >---
> >  drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/trx.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> This change should have a "Cc: Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org> [3.10+] notation.
> 
> Other than that, Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
> 
> John: Is it possible for you to add stable, or do you want Colin to resubmit.

Got it, thanks...

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