Re: [PATCH] can: etas_es58x: initialize rx_event_msg before calling es58x_check_msg_len()

[Marc Kleine-Budde]

On 06.03.2022 19:13:02, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> Function es58x_fd_rx_event() invokes the es58x_check_msg_len() macro:
> | 	ret = es58x_check_msg_len(es58x_dev->dev, *rx_event_msg, msg_len);
> While doing so, it deferences an uninitialized variable: *rx_event_msg.
> 
> This is actually harmless because es58x_check_msg_len() only uses
> preprocessors macro (sizeof() and __stringify()) on
> *rx_event_msg. c.f. [1].
> 
> Nonetheless, this pattern is confusing so the lines are reordered to
> make sure that rx_event_msg is correctly initialized.
> 
> This patch also fixes a false positive warning reported by cppcheck:
> 
> | cppcheck possible warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>, may not be real problems)
> |
> |     In file included from drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.c:
> |  >> drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.c:174:8: warning: Uninitialized variable: rx_event_msg [uninitvar]
> |      ret = es58x_check_msg_len(es58x_dev->dev, *rx_event_msg, msg_len);
> |            ^
> 
> [1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.h#L467
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <yujie.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to linux-can-next/testing, fixed some typos and removed the
Reported-by tag.

regards,
Marc

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