Re: Potential uninitialized variable "reg" in clk: axi-clkgen
From: Stephen Boyd
Date: Fri Nov 08 2019 - 17:28:42 EST
Quoting Yizhuo Zhai (2019-10-09 17:55:06)
> Hi All:
> drivers/clk/clk-axi-clkgen.c:
>
> Inside function axi_clkgen_recalc_rate(), variable "reg" could be
> uninitialized if axi_clkgen_mmcm_read() fails. However, "reg" is used
> to decide the control flow later in the if statement, which is
> potentially unsafe.
>
> The patch for this case is not easy since the error return is not an
> acceptable return value for axi_clkgen_recalc_rate().
>
I think we will do nothing unless you send some sort of patch. Sorry.