Re: [PATCH] intel_idle: Fix uninitialized variable bug

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Thu Jun 25 2020 - 05:05:09 EST


On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 03:41:05PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 3:19 PM Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The "tick" variable isn't initialized if "lapic_timer_always_reliable"
> > is true.
>
> If lapic_timer_always_reliable is true, then
> static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARAT) must also be true AFAICS.
>
> So the lapic_timer_always_reliable check in there looks redundant.

Can the lapic_timer_always_reliable variable just be removed entirely
and replaced with an static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARAT) check?

regards,
dan carpenter