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Date:   Thu, 12 Aug 2021 22:06:14 +0000
From:   Jonathan Lemon <bsd@...com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "richardcochran@...il.com" <richardcochran@...il.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kernel Team <Kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] ptp: ocp: Fix uninitialized variable warning
 spotted by clang.


> On Aug 12, 2021, at 2:58 PM, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> 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?

Yes, intentional, I spotted this NOP when fixing the compiler warning. 
— 
Jonathan