Re: [PATCH v2] gpio: fix uninit-value in swnode_find_gpio

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Wed Oct 23 2024 - 03:30:45 EST


On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 9:54 PM Suraj Sonawane
<surajsonawane0215@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Fix an issue detected by the Smatch tool:
>
> drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.c:78 swnode_find_gpio() error:
> uninitialized symbol 'ret'.
>
> The issue occurs because the 'ret' variable may be used without
> initialization if the for_each_gpio_property_name loop does not run.
> This could lead to returning an undefined value, causing unpredictable
> behavior.
>
> Initialize 'ret' to 0 before the loop to ensure the function
> returns an error code if no properties are parsed, maintaining proper
> error handling.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suraj Sonawane <surajsonawane0215@xxxxxxxxx>

Please add a Fixes tag too.

Bart