Re: [PATCH][next] brcmfmac: firmware: Fix uninitialized variable ret

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Thu Aug 05 2021 - 09:54:35 EST


Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 5:09 PM Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Currently the variable ret is uninitialized and is only set if
>> the pointer alt_path is non-null. Fix this by ininitializing ret
>> to zero.
>>
>> Addresses-Coverity: ("Uninitialized scalar variable")
>> Fixes: 5ff013914c62 ("brcmfmac: firmware: Allow per-board firmware binaries")
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Nice catch!
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

I assume this will be fixed by Linus' patch "brcmfmac: firmware: Fix
firmware loading" and I should drop Colin's patch, correct?

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