[PATCH] RTC/watchdog: M41T80: Fix a potential use of unitializeddata

From: Maciej W. Rozycki
Date: Fri May 09 2008 - 18:12:52 EST


Watchdog handlers within the driver make use of "save_client" -- make
sure it has been initalized before the handlers are registered.

Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
It should be obvious. Please apply.

Maciej

patch-2.6.26-rc1-20080505-m41t80-save_client-14
diff -up --recursive --new-file linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505.macro/drivers/rtc/rtc-m41t80.c linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505/drivers/rtc/rtc-m41t80.c
--- linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505.macro/drivers/rtc/rtc-m41t80.c 2008-05-05 02:55:40.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505/drivers/rtc/rtc-m41t80.c 2008-05-09 22:00:13.000000000 +0000
@@ -803,6 +803,7 @@ static int m41t80_probe(struct i2c_clien

#ifdef CONFIG_RTC_DRV_M41T80_WDT
if (clientdata->features & M41T80_FEATURE_HT) {
+ save_client = client;
rc = misc_register(&wdt_dev);
if (rc)
goto exit;
@@ -811,7 +812,6 @@ static int m41t80_probe(struct i2c_clien
misc_deregister(&wdt_dev);
goto exit;
}
- save_client = client;
}
#endif
return 0;
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