Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 1/2] net: phy: micrel: Fixed error related to uninitialized symbol ret
From: Jiri Pirko
Date: Tue Dec 06 2022 - 04:11:01 EST
Tue, Dec 06, 2022 at 08:35:10AM CET, Divya.Koppera@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>Initialized return variable
Not only here, but in the patch/patchset subject, you should be
imperative to the codebase and tell it what to do.
>
>Fixes Old smatch warnings:
>drivers/net/phy/micrel.c:1750 ksz886x_cable_test_get_status() error:
>uninitialized symbol 'ret'.
>
>Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Fixes: 21b688dabecb ("net: phy: micrel: Cable Diag feature for lan8814 phy")
>Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
>Signed-off-by: Divya Koppera <Divya.Koppera@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>---
>v4 -> v5:
>- No changes, added reviewed by tag.
>
>v3 -> v4:
>- Split the patch for different warnings.
>
>v1 -> v3:
>- No changes
>---
> drivers/net/phy/micrel.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
>index 26ce0c5defcd..1bcdb828db56 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
>@@ -2088,7 +2088,8 @@ static int ksz886x_cable_test_get_status(struct phy_device *phydev,
> const struct kszphy_type *type = phydev->drv->driver_data;
> unsigned long pair_mask = type->pair_mask;
> int retries = 20;
>- int pair, ret;
>+ int ret = 0;
>+ int pair;
>
> *finished = false;
>
>--
>2.17.1
>