netdev - use of uninitialized value in mv88e6185_port_link

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Date:   Tue, 28 May 2019 08:13:50 +0000
From:   Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk>
To:     Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: use of uninitialized value in mv88e6185_port_link_state

Hi,

mv88e6185_port_link_state starts by inspecting state->interface. AFAICT,
it can be called from two places:

mv88e6xxx_link_state <-
dsa_slave_phylink_mac_link_state <-
phylink_get_mac_state

which does initialize state->interface before passing it, but also from
mv88e6xxx_port_setup_mac, which passes an uninitialized stack variable.
This seems like a bug, but I don't know what the proper fix would be.
Simply initialize state.interface to mode?

Rasmus