Re: [PATCH] ptp: ptp_clockmatrix: initialize variables

From: Richard Cochran
Date: Mon Oct 12 2020 - 18:01:32 EST


On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 01:09:55PM -0700, trix@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Clang static analysis reports this representative problem
>
> ptp_clockmatrix.c:1852:2: warning: 5th function call argument
> is an uninitialized value
> snprintf(idtcm->version, sizeof(idtcm->version), "%u.%u.%u",
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> idtcm_display_version_info() calls several idtcm_read_*'s without
> checking a return status.

So why not check the return status?

Your patch papers over the issue.

Thanks,
Richard