Re: [PATCH-next] i3c: master: Fix potentially uninit variable

From: Advait Dhamorikar
Date: Tue Nov 26 2024 - 14:56:28 EST


Hello,

I would really appreciate it if I could get some feedback on this patch,
I would like to know if this approach is the right way to proceed.

Thanks and regards,
Advait

On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 at 21:09, Advait Dhamorikar
<advaitdhamorikar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> devinfo is uninitialized if the condition is not satisfied,
> add an else condition to prevent unexpected behaviour.
>
> The variable will contain an arbitrary value left from earlier
> computations in `i3c_device_uevent`.
>
> Signed-off-by: Advait Dhamorikar <advaitdhamorikar@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/i3c/master.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master.c b/drivers/i3c/master.c
> index 42310c9a00c2..7594d3793eb0 100644
> --- a/drivers/i3c/master.c
> +++ b/drivers/i3c/master.c
> @@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ static int i3c_device_uevent(const struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *e
>
> if (i3cdev->desc)
> devinfo = i3cdev->desc->info;
> + else
> + return -ENODEV;
> manuf = I3C_PID_MANUF_ID(devinfo.pid);
> part = I3C_PID_PART_ID(devinfo.pid);
> ext = I3C_PID_EXTRA_INFO(devinfo.pid);
> --
> 2.34.1
>