Re: [PATCH treewide 3/5] hwmon: (ltc4282) Make sure clk_init_data is fully initialized
From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 16:32:28 EST
On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 09:05:17PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> The clk_init_data structure contains several mutually-exclusive members
> for different methods to specify the possible parents of a clock,
> prompting drivers to initialize only the members they need. However,
> not initializing all members may cause subtle issues, which are only
> exposed when CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_PATTERN or CONFIG_INIT_STACK_NONE is
> enabled.
>
> ltc428_clk_provider_setup() does not fill in any parent clocks, and
> assumes that init.num_parents is NULL. However, the latter in
> uninitialized, and thus may cause a crash.
>
> Make sure all members are fully initialized, to fix such bugs, and to
> avoid future breakage when converting drivers to a different method for
> specifying the parents.
>
> Fixes: cbc29538dbf7d740 ("hwmon: Add driver for LTC4282")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
Applied.
Thanks,
Guenter
> ---
> Compile-tested only.
> ---
> drivers/hwmon/ltc4282.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ltc4282.c b/drivers/hwmon/ltc4282.c
> index b1675dc5b3c7fd2f..54ba4b8542e94b7b 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/ltc4282.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/ltc4282.c
> @@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ static const struct clk_ops ltc4282_ops = {
> static int ltc428_clk_provider_setup(struct ltc4282_state *st,
> struct device *dev)
> {
> - struct clk_init_data init;
> + struct clk_init_data init = {};
> int ret;
>
> if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMMON_CLK))