Re: [PATCH] driver core: Fix an uninitialized variable is used by __device_attach()

[Dmitry Torokhov]

Hi,

On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 07:46:09AM +0800, Zijun Hu wrote:
> From: Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> An uninitialized variable @data.have_async may be used as analyzed
> by the following inline comments:
> 
> static int __device_attach(struct device *dev, bool allow_async)
> {
> 	// if @allow_async is true.
> 
> 	...
> 	struct device_attach_data data = {
> 		.dev = dev,
> 		.check_async = allow_async,
> 		.want_async = false,
> 	};
> 	// @data.have_async is not initialized.

No, in the presence of a structure initializer fields not explicitly
initialized will be set to 0 by the compiler.

There is no issue here.

Thanks.

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Dmitry