netdev - Re: [1/3] rtlwifi: fix uninitialized rtlhal->last_suspend

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Message-Id: <20171108123839.106A4606DC@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Wed,  8 Nov 2017 12:38:39 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@...lsil.com.cn>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [1/3] rtlwifi: fix uninitialized rtlhal->last_suspend_sec time

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

> We set rtlhal->last_suspend_sec to an uninitialized stack variable,
> but unfortunately gcc never warned about this, I only found it
> while working on another patch. I opened a gcc bug for this.
> 
> Presumably the value of rtlhal->last_suspend_sec is not all that
> important, but it does get used, so we probably want the
> patch backported to stable kernels.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=82839
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>

3 patches applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

3f2a162fab15 rtlwifi: fix uninitialized rtlhal->last_suspend_sec time
3c92d5517af8 rtlwifi: use ktime_get_real_seconds() for suspend time
ac978dc79a91 rtlwifi: drop unused ppsc->last_wakeup_time

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10043505/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches