Re: [PATCH] vortex_up should initialize "err"

From: Steffen Klassert
Date: Thu Oct 18 2007 - 02:46:18 EST


On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 08:28:36PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Badari Pulavarty wrote:
> >Simple compile warning fix. (against 2.6.23-git12)
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Badari
> >
> >vortex_up() should initialize 'err' for a successful return.
> >
> >drivers/net/3c59x.c: In function `vortex_up':
> >drivers/net/3c59x.c:1494: warning: `err' might be used uninitialized in
> >this function
>
> applied as an obvious bug fix (Steffen added to CC)
>

Hm, we had already the 3c59x-fix-uninitialized-variable-bug.patch from
Satyam Sharma in -mm to fix this, but the patch was removed from -mm
some time ago. Andrew, what happened to this one?

However, this issue should be fixed.

Thanks,

Steffen
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