Re: [PATCH] pwm: meson: handle unknown ID values

From: Neil Armstrong
Date: Tue Sep 06 2016 - 08:55:49 EST


On 09/06/2016 02:50 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> When building with -Wmaybe-uninitialized, we get a couple of harmless
> warnings about three functions in this new driver that don't look
> safe to the compiler:
>
> drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c: In function 'meson_pwm_get_state':
> drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c:355:26: error: 'mask' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
> drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c: In function 'meson_pwm_disable':
> drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c:263:13: error: 'enable' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
> drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c: In function 'meson_pwm_apply':
> drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c:231:13: error: 'clk_shift' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
> drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c:231:36: error: 'enable' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
> drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c:231:24: error: 'clk_enable' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
>
> Specifically, if we have a device with an id other than 0 or 1,
> this would result in undefined behavior. This is currently not
> possible, but the compiler cannot be expected to know this.
>
> This patch adds a 'default' clause to let the compiler know
> what to do instead, which shuts up the warning and makes the
> code slightly more resiliant in case it gets extended to other
> identifiers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c
> index 566f5cb81021..25abd95dcc7b 100644
> --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c
> +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-meson.c
> @@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ static void meson_pwm_enable(struct meson_pwm *meson,
> clk_enable = MISC_B_CLK_EN;
> enable = MISC_B_EN;
> break;
> +
> + default:
> + return;
> }
>
> value = readl(meson->base + REG_MISC_AB);
> @@ -270,6 +273,9 @@ static void meson_pwm_disable(struct meson_pwm *meson, unsigned int id)
> case 1:
> enable = MISC_B_EN;
> break;
> +
> + default:
> + return;
> }
>
> value = readl(meson->base + REG_MISC_AB);
> @@ -349,6 +355,10 @@ static void meson_pwm_get_state(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
> case 1:
> mask = MISC_B_EN;
> break;
> +
> + default:
> + state->enabled = 0;
> + return;
> }
>
> value = readl(meson->base + REG_MISC_AB);
>

Acked-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>