netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] ptp: ocp: Fix uninitialized variable warning spotted by clang.

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Date:   Thu, 12 Aug 2021 14:58:26 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, richardcochran@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] ptp: ocp: Fix uninitialized variable
 warning spotted by clang.

On Wed, 11 Aug 2021 11:31:31 -0700 Jonathan Lemon wrote:
> If attempting to flash the firmware with a blob of size 0,
> the entire write loop is skipped and the uninitialized err
> is returned.  Fix by setting to 0 first.
> 
> Also remove a now-unused error handling statement.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c
> index 92edf772feed..9b2ba06ebf97 100644
> --- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c
> +++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c
> @@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ ptp_ocp_devlink_flash(struct devlink *devlink, struct device *dev,
>  	size_t off, len, resid, wrote;
>  	struct erase_info erase;
>  	size_t base, blksz;
> -	int err;
> +	int err = 0;
>  
>  	off = 0;
>  	base = bp->flash_start;
> @@ -847,8 +847,6 @@ ptp_ocp_devlink_info_get(struct devlink *devlink, struct devlink_info_req *req,
>  							       "loader",
>  							       buf);
>  		}
> -		if (err)
> -			return err;

Looks like an accidental change, but it's mentioned in the commit log?

>  	}
>  
>  	if (!bp->has_serial)