Re: [PATCH][net-next] net: hns3: ensure media_type is unitialized

From: David Miller
Date: Thu Aug 17 2017 - 13:06:42 EST


From: Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:01:07 +0100

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Media type is only set if h->ae_algo->ops->get_media_type is called
> so there is a possibility that media_type is uninitialized when it is
> used a switch statement. Fix this by initializing media_type to
> HNAE3_MEDIA_TYPE_UNKNOWN.
>
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1452624("Uninitialized scalar variable")
>
> Fixes: 496d03e960ae ("net: hns3: Add Ethtool support to HNS3 driver")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied.