Re: [PATCH] gpio: pca953x: initialize ret to zero to avoid returning garbage

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Tue Sep 13 2016 - 07:49:33 EST


On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 6:04 AM, Phil Reid <preid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 12/09/2016 21:40, Linus Walleij wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> ret is not initialized so it contains garbage. Ensure garbage
>>> is not returned in the case that pdata && pdata->teardown is false
>>> by initializing ret to 0.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>> Patch applied.
>
> G'day Linus,
>
>
> I believe this does the same as Arnd Bergmanns patch from 26 Aug.
> [PATCH 1/5] gpio: pca954x: fix undefined error code from remove
>
> IMO Colin's is the cleaner solution.
> Arnd's could be removed.

OK you're right. I reverted Arnd's patch.

Yours,
Linus Walleij