Re: [PATCH][net-next] qtnfmac: fix uninitialized return code in ret

From: Sergey Matyukevich
Date: Wed Jun 21 2017 - 09:54:38 EST


> The return value ret is unitialized and garbage is being returned
> for the three different error conditions when setting up the PCIe
> BARs. Fix this by initializing ret to -ENOMEM to indicate that
> the BARs failed to be setup correctly.
>
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1437563 ("Unitialized scalar variable")
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/pearl/pcie.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/pearl/pcie.c b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/pearl/pcie.c
> index f93b27f3a236..7fc4f0d6a9ad 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/pearl/pcie.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/pearl/pcie.c
> @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static void qtnf_pcie_free_shm_ipc(struct qtnf_pcie_bus_priv *priv)
>
> static int qtnf_pcie_init_memory(struct qtnf_pcie_bus_priv *priv)
> {
> - int ret;
> + int ret = -ENOMEM;
>
> priv->sysctl_bar = qtnf_map_bar(priv, QTN_SYSCTL_BAR);
> if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv->sysctl_bar)) {
> --

Thanks !

Reviewed-by: Sergey Matyukevich <sergey.matyukevich.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

By the way, could you please use the recepient list suggested by
get_maintainer.pl script from the kernel scripts directory.

Regards,
Sergey