Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: phy: fix yt8511 clang uninitialized variable warning

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Tue May 25 2021 - 09:02:11 EST


On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 08:26:14AM -0400, Peter Geis wrote:
> clang doesn't preinitialize variables. If phy_select_page failed and
> returned an error, phy_restore_page would be called with `ret` being
> uninitialized.
> Even though phy_restore_page won't use `ret` in this scenario,
> initialize `ret` to silence the warning.
>
> Fixes: b1b41c047f73 ("net: phy: add driver for Motorcomm yt8511 phy")
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Geis <pgwipeout@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c b/drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c
> index 796b68f4b499..5795f446c528 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c
> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int yt8511_write_page(struct phy_device *phydev, int page)
> static int yt8511_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
> {
> unsigned int ge, fe;
> - int ret, oldpage;
> + int oldpage, ret = 0;

Please keep to reverse Christmas tree.

With that fixed:

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

Andrew