Re: [PATCH 06/18] software_node: amend software_node_unregister_node_group() to perform unregistration of array in reverse order to be consistent with software_node_unregister_nodes()

[Dan Carpenter]

Hi Daniel,

url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Daniel-Scally/Add-functionality-to-ipu3-cio2-driver-allowing-software_node-connections-to-sensors-on-platforms-designed-for-Windows/20201130-214014
base:   git://linuxtv.org/media_tree.git master
config: i386-randconfig-m021-20201130 (attached as .config)
compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-15) 9.3.0

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

smatch warnings:
drivers/base/swnode.c:785 software_node_unregister_node_group() error: uninitialized symbol 'i'.

vim +/i +785 drivers/base/swnode.c

02094d54870590a Andy Shevchenko 2020-04-08  778  void software_node_unregister_node_group(const struct software_node **node_group)
02094d54870590a Andy Shevchenko 2020-04-08  779  {
02094d54870590a Andy Shevchenko 2020-04-08  780  	unsigned int i;
02094d54870590a Andy Shevchenko 2020-04-08  781  
02094d54870590a Andy Shevchenko 2020-04-08  782  	if (!node_group)
02094d54870590a Andy Shevchenko 2020-04-08  783  		return;
02094d54870590a Andy Shevchenko 2020-04-08  784  
7c7577c82672f0a Daniel Scally   2020-11-30 @785  	while (node_group[i]->name)
                                                                          ^
The "i" is never initialized.

7c7577c82672f0a Daniel Scally   2020-11-30  786  		i++;
7c7577c82672f0a Daniel Scally   2020-11-30  787  
7c7577c82672f0a Daniel Scally   2020-11-30  788  	while (i--)
9dcbac84244f32e Andy Shevchenko 2020-06-22  789  		software_node_unregister(node_group[i]);

It's a strange thing that they can only be unregistered in reverse
order...  Walter Harms is right when he points out that programmers are
notoriously bad at counting backwards.

02094d54870590a Andy Shevchenko 2020-04-08  790  }

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