From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing@codeaurora.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Rakesh Pillai <pillair@codeaurora.org>,
Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>,
Balaji Pothunoori <bpothuno@codeaurora.org>,
Wen Gong <wgong@codeaurora.org>,
Pradeep kumar Chitrapu <pradeepc@codeaurora.org>,
Sriram R <srirrama@codeaurora.org>,
ath10k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath10k: work around uninitialized vht_pfr variable
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 17:50:26 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190715175026.A402D60F38@smtp.codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190708125050.3689133-1-arnd@arndb.de>
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> As clang points out, the vht_pfr is assigned to a struct member
> without being initialized in one case:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c:7528:7: error: variable 'vht_pfr' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition
> is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> if (!ath10k_mac_can_set_bitrate_mask(ar, band, mask,
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c:7551:20: note: uninitialized use occurs here
> arvif->vht_pfr = vht_pfr;
> ^~~~~~~
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c:7528:3: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true
> if (!ath10k_mac_can_set_bitrate_mask(ar, band, mask,
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c:7483:12: note: initialize the variable 'vht_pfr' to silence this warning
> u8 vht_pfr;
>
> Add an explicit but probably incorrect initialization here.
> I suspect we want a better fix here, but chose this approach to
> illustrate the issue.
>
> Fixes: 8b97b055dc9d ("ath10k: fix failure to set multiple fixed rate")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Patch applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.
ff414f31ce37 ath10k: work around uninitialized vht_pfr variable
--
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11034993/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-15 17:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-08 12:50 [PATCH] ath10k: work around uninitialized vht_pfr variable Arnd Bergmann
2019-07-08 12:50 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-07-08 14:46 ` Nathan Chancellor
2019-07-08 14:46 ` Nathan Chancellor
2019-07-08 20:34 ` Brian Norris
2019-07-08 20:34 ` Brian Norris
2019-07-15 9:44 ` Kalle Valo
2019-07-15 9:44 ` Kalle Valo
2019-07-15 17:50 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2019-07-15 17:50 ` Kalle Valo
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