Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] kernel/cpu_pm: Fix uninitted local in cpu_pm

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri May 15 2020 - 03:25:43 EST


On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 10:50:17AM -0700, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> cpu_pm_notify() is basically a wrapper of notifier_call_chain().
> notifier_call_chain() doesn't initialize *nr_calls to 0 before it
> starts incrementing it--presumably it's up to the callers to do this.
>
> Unfortunately the callers of cpu_pm_notify() don't init *nr_calls.
> This potentially means you could get too many or two few calls to
> CPU_PM_ENTER_FAILED or CPU_CLUSTER_PM_ENTER_FAILED depending on the
> luck of the stack.
>
> Let's fix this.
>
> Fixes: ab10023e0088 ("cpu_pm: Add cpu power management notifiers")
> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---


Should also have a cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx tag on it.

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>