Re: [PATCH][next] brcmfmac: firmware: Fix uninitialized variable ret

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Fri Aug 06 2021 - 08:35:28 EST


Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 06/08/2021 12:23, Arend van Spriel wrote:
>> On 05-08-2021 15:53, Kalle Valo wrote:
>>> Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 5:09 PM Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>
>>>>> Currently the variable ret is uninitialized and is only set if
>>>>> the pointer alt_path is non-null. Fix this by ininitializing ret
>>>>> to zero.
>>>>>
>>>>> Addresses-Coverity: ("Uninitialized scalar variable")
>>>>> Fixes: 5ff013914c62 ("brcmfmac: firmware: Allow per-board firmware
>>>>> binaries")
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> Nice catch!
>>>> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> I assume this will be fixed by Linus' patch "brcmfmac: firmware: Fix
>>> firmware loading" and I should drop Colin's patch, correct?
>>
>> That would be my assumption as well, but not sure when he will submit
>> another revision of it. You probably know what to do ;-)
>
> I'd prefer my patch to be dropped in preference to Linus' fix.

Ok, I'll then drop Colin's patch.

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