netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: dwmac-sun8i: Variable "val" in function sun8i_dwmac_set

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Date:   Mon, 02 Sep 2019 11:48:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     yzhai003@....edu
Cc:     csong@...ucr.edu, zhiyunq@...ucr.edu, peppe.cavallaro@...com,
        alexandre.torgue@...com, joabreu@...opsys.com, mripard@...nel.org,
        wens@...e.org, mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: dwmac-sun8i: Variable "val" in function
 sun8i_dwmac_set_syscon() could be uninitialized

From: Yizhuo <yzhai003@....edu>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 19:00:48 -0700

> In function sun8i_dwmac_set_syscon(), local variable "val" could
> be uninitialized if function regmap_field_read() returns -EINVAL.
> However, it will be used directly in the if statement, which
> is potentially unsafe.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yizhuo <yzhai003@....edu>

Applied, thank you.