Re: [PATCH] regulator: pfuze100-regulator: Variable "val" in pfuze100_regulator_probe() could be uninitialized

From: Mark Brown
Date: Tue Sep 03 2019 - 07:26:16 EST


On Mon, Sep 02, 2019 at 03:10:47PM -0700, Yizhuo wrote:
> In function pfuze100_regulator_probe(), variable "val" could be
> initialized if regmap_read() fails. However, "val" is used to
> decide the control flow later in the if statement, which is
> potentially unsafe.

> struct regulator_desc *desc;
> - int val;
> + int val = 0;

This just unconditionally assings a value to this variable which will
stop any warnings but there's no analysis explaining why this is a good
fix - are we actually forgetting to check something we should be
checking, are we sure that this is the correct value to use?

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