[PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Shengjiu Wang]

From: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>

When condition ((hdmi_out && hdmi_in) || (!hdmi_out && !hdmi_in))
is true, then goto fail, the uninitialized variable ret will be
returned.

Signed-off-by: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
---
 sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c
index 2c2a76a71940..ede4a9ad1054 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ static int imx_hdmi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	if ((hdmi_out && hdmi_in) || (!hdmi_out && !hdmi_in)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Invalid HDMI DAI link\n");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-- 
2.17.1

Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Nicolin Chen]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 06:44:24PM +0800, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> From: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> 
> When condition ((hdmi_out && hdmi_in) || (!hdmi_out && !hdmi_in))
> is true, then goto fail, the uninitialized variable ret will be
> returned.
> 
> Signed-off-by: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>

Acked-by: Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@gmail.com>

Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Nicolin Chen]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 06:44:24PM +0800, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> From: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> 
> When condition ((hdmi_out && hdmi_in) || (!hdmi_out && !hdmi_in))
> is true, then goto fail, the uninitialized variable ret will be
> returned.
> 
> Signed-off-by: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>

Acked-by: Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@gmail.com>

Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Nicolin Chen]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 06:44:24PM +0800, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> From: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> 
> When condition ((hdmi_out && hdmi_in) || (!hdmi_out && !hdmi_in))
> is true, then goto fail, the uninitialized variable ret will be
> returned.
> 
> Signed-off-by: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>

Acked-by: Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@gmail.com>

Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Fabio Estevam]

Hi Shengjiu,

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 7:52 AM Shengjiu Wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com> wrote:
>
> From: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
>
> When condition ((hdmi_out && hdmi_in) || (!hdmi_out && !hdmi_in))
> is true, then goto fail, the uninitialized variable ret will be
> returned.
>
> Signed-off-by: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>

Thanks for the fix.

This should have:

Fixes: 6a5f850aa83a ("ASoC: fsl: Add imx-hdmi machine driver")

Reviewed-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>

Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Fabio Estevam]

Hi Shengjiu,

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 7:52 AM Shengjiu Wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com> wrote:
>
> From: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
>
> When condition ((hdmi_out && hdmi_in) || (!hdmi_out && !hdmi_in))
> is true, then goto fail, the uninitialized variable ret will be
> returned.
>
> Signed-off-by: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>

Thanks for the fix.

This should have:

Fixes: 6a5f850aa83a ("ASoC: fsl: Add imx-hdmi machine driver")

Reviewed-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>

Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Fabio Estevam]

Hi Shengjiu,

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 7:52 AM Shengjiu Wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com> wrote:
>
> From: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
>
> When condition ((hdmi_out && hdmi_in) || (!hdmi_out && !hdmi_in))
> is true, then goto fail, the uninitialized variable ret will be
> returned.
>
> Signed-off-by: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>

Thanks for the fix.

This should have:

Fixes: 6a5f850aa83a ("ASoC: fsl: Add imx-hdmi machine driver")

Reviewed-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>

Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Mark Brown]

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:44:24 +0800, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> When condition ((hdmi_out && hdmi_in) || (!hdmi_out && !hdmi_in))
> is true, then goto fail, the uninitialized variable ret will be
> returned.

Applied to

   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/sound.git for-next

Thanks!

[1/1] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret
      commit: acd894aee3149c15847bc4f0690fccba59ced5e7

All being well this means that it will be integrated into the linux-next
tree (usually sometime in the next 24 hours) and sent to Linus during
the next merge window (or sooner if it is a bug fix), however if
problems are discovered then the patch may be dropped or reverted.

You may get further e-mails resulting from automated or manual testing
and review of the tree, please engage with people reporting problems and
send followup patches addressing any issues that are reported if needed.

If any updates are required or you are submitting further changes they
should be sent as incremental updates against current git, existing
patches will not be replaced.

Please add any relevant lists and maintainers to the CCs when replying
to this mail.

Thanks,
Mark

Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Mark Brown]

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:44:24 +0800, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> When condition ((hdmi_out && hdmi_in) || (!hdmi_out && !hdmi_in))
> is true, then goto fail, the uninitialized variable ret will be
> returned.

Applied to

   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/sound.git for-next

Thanks!

[1/1] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret
      commit: acd894aee3149c15847bc4f0690fccba59ced5e7

All being well this means that it will be integrated into the linux-next
tree (usually sometime in the next 24 hours) and sent to Linus during
the next merge window (or sooner if it is a bug fix), however if
problems are discovered then the patch may be dropped or reverted.

You may get further e-mails resulting from automated or manual testing
and review of the tree, please engage with people reporting problems and
send followup patches addressing any issues that are reported if needed.

If any updates are required or you are submitting further changes they
should be sent as incremental updates against current git, existing
patches will not be replaced.

Please add any relevant lists and maintainers to the CCs when replying
to this mail.

Thanks,
Mark

Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Nathan Chancellor]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 06:44:24PM +0800, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> From: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> 
> When condition ((hdmi_out && hdmi_in) || (!hdmi_out && !hdmi_in))
> is true, then goto fail, the uninitialized variable ret will be
> returned.
> 
> Signed-off-by: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> ---
>  sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c
> index 2c2a76a71940..ede4a9ad1054 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c
> +++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c
> @@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ static int imx_hdmi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	if ((hdmi_out && hdmi_in) || (!hdmi_out && !hdmi_in)) {
>  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Invalid HDMI DAI link\n");
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
>  		goto fail;
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 

I still see a warning in v5.11-rc3 that is fixed by this patch, is it
not going in this release cycle? It is a regression fix, seems like it
should.

Cheers,
Nathan

Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Nathan Chancellor]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 06:44:24PM +0800, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> From: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> 
> When condition ((hdmi_out && hdmi_in) || (!hdmi_out && !hdmi_in))
> is true, then goto fail, the uninitialized variable ret will be
> returned.
> 
> Signed-off-by: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> ---
>  sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c
> index 2c2a76a71940..ede4a9ad1054 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c
> +++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c
> @@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ static int imx_hdmi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	if ((hdmi_out && hdmi_in) || (!hdmi_out && !hdmi_in)) {
>  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Invalid HDMI DAI link\n");
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
>  		goto fail;
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 

I still see a warning in v5.11-rc3 that is fixed by this patch, is it
not going in this release cycle? It is a regression fix, seems like it
should.

Cheers,
Nathan

Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Nathan Chancellor]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 06:44:24PM +0800, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> From: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> 
> When condition ((hdmi_out && hdmi_in) || (!hdmi_out && !hdmi_in))
> is true, then goto fail, the uninitialized variable ret will be
> returned.
> 
> Signed-off-by: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> ---
>  sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c
> index 2c2a76a71940..ede4a9ad1054 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c
> +++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c
> @@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ static int imx_hdmi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	if ((hdmi_out && hdmi_in) || (!hdmi_out && !hdmi_in)) {
>  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Invalid HDMI DAI link\n");
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
>  		goto fail;
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 

I still see a warning in v5.11-rc3 that is fixed by this patch, is it
not going in this release cycle? It is a regression fix, seems like it
should.

Cheers,
Nathan

Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Mark Brown]

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On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 11:19:49AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:

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material.

> >
> > Signed-off-by: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> > ---

> I still see a warning in v5.11-rc3 that is fixed by this patch, is it
> not going in this release cycle? It is a regression fix, seems like it
> should.

This is a random warning fix, why would you expect it to be sent as a
bug fix?  This is the first indication I've seen that anyone is seeing
it in mainline, in general the people who report and fix warnings are
doing so based on -next and the patch seems to be from a month ago.  I
don't have this in my inbox so I assume it's applied already or needs to
be resubmitted anyway.

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Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Mark Brown]

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On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 11:19:49AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:

Please delete unneeded context from mails when replying.  Doing this
makes it much easier to find your reply in the message, helping ensure
it won't be missed by people scrolling through the irrelevant quoted
material.

> >
> > Signed-off-by: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> > ---

> I still see a warning in v5.11-rc3 that is fixed by this patch, is it
> not going in this release cycle? It is a regression fix, seems like it
> should.

This is a random warning fix, why would you expect it to be sent as a
bug fix?  This is the first indication I've seen that anyone is seeing
it in mainline, in general the people who report and fix warnings are
doing so based on -next and the patch seems to be from a month ago.  I
don't have this in my inbox so I assume it's applied already or needs to
be resubmitted anyway.

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Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Mark Brown]

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On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 11:19:49AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:

Please delete unneeded context from mails when replying.  Doing this
makes it much easier to find your reply in the message, helping ensure
it won't be missed by people scrolling through the irrelevant quoted
material.

> >
> > Signed-off-by: shengjiu wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> > ---

> I still see a warning in v5.11-rc3 that is fixed by this patch, is it
> not going in this release cycle? It is a regression fix, seems like it
> should.

This is a random warning fix, why would you expect it to be sent as a
bug fix?  This is the first indication I've seen that anyone is seeing
it in mainline, in general the people who report and fix warnings are
doing so based on -next and the patch seems to be from a month ago.  I
don't have this in my inbox so I assume it's applied already or needs to
be resubmitted anyway.

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Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Nathan Chancellor]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 06:48:48PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> This is a random warning fix, why would you expect it to be sent as a
> bug fix?  This is the first indication I've seen that anyone is seeing
> it in mainline, in general the people who report and fix warnings are
> doing so based on -next and the patch seems to be from a month ago.  I
> don't have this in my inbox so I assume it's applied already or needs to
> be resubmitted anyway.

Well, I consider compiler warnings bugs. I have had plenty of my
compiler warning patches sent as bug fixes for an -rc. Furthermore, this
patch was sent three times by different people, that should give you some
indication that people are tripping over it.

https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/X9NGQaF4pmK8oUAF@mwanda/
https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/1608115464-18710-1-git-send-email-shengjiu.wang@nxp.com/
https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/20201230154443.656997-1-arnd@kernel.org/

The first version was sent on December 11th, it looks like your pull for
5.11 went on the December 14th, then the second version was applied on
December 16th so I figured it might be destined for 5.11 but I could not
tell (your for-next branch is a merge of your for-5.11 and for-5.12):

https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/160813397775.31838.8934909997692637790.b4-ty@kernel.org/

Cheers,
Nathan

Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Nathan Chancellor]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 06:48:48PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> This is a random warning fix, why would you expect it to be sent as a
> bug fix?  This is the first indication I've seen that anyone is seeing
> it in mainline, in general the people who report and fix warnings are
> doing so based on -next and the patch seems to be from a month ago.  I
> don't have this in my inbox so I assume it's applied already or needs to
> be resubmitted anyway.

Well, I consider compiler warnings bugs. I have had plenty of my
compiler warning patches sent as bug fixes for an -rc. Furthermore, this
patch was sent three times by different people, that should give you some
indication that people are tripping over it.

https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/X9NGQaF4pmK8oUAF@mwanda/
https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/1608115464-18710-1-git-send-email-shengjiu.wang@nxp.com/
https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/20201230154443.656997-1-arnd@kernel.org/

The first version was sent on December 11th, it looks like your pull for
5.11 went on the December 14th, then the second version was applied on
December 16th so I figured it might be destined for 5.11 but I could not
tell (your for-next branch is a merge of your for-5.11 and for-5.12):

https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/160813397775.31838.8934909997692637790.b4-ty@kernel.org/

Cheers,
Nathan

Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Nathan Chancellor]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 06:48:48PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> This is a random warning fix, why would you expect it to be sent as a
> bug fix?  This is the first indication I've seen that anyone is seeing
> it in mainline, in general the people who report and fix warnings are
> doing so based on -next and the patch seems to be from a month ago.  I
> don't have this in my inbox so I assume it's applied already or needs to
> be resubmitted anyway.

Well, I consider compiler warnings bugs. I have had plenty of my
compiler warning patches sent as bug fixes for an -rc. Furthermore, this
patch was sent three times by different people, that should give you some
indication that people are tripping over it.

https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/X9NGQaF4pmK8oUAF@mwanda/
https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/1608115464-18710-1-git-send-email-shengjiu.wang@nxp.com/
https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/20201230154443.656997-1-arnd@kernel.org/

The first version was sent on December 11th, it looks like your pull for
5.11 went on the December 14th, then the second version was applied on
December 16th so I figured it might be destined for 5.11 but I could not
tell (your for-next branch is a merge of your for-5.11 and for-5.12):

https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/160813397775.31838.8934909997692637790.b4-ty@kernel.org/

Cheers,
Nathan

Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Mark Brown]

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On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 12:09:21PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 06:48:48PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:

> > This is a random warning fix, why would you expect it to be sent as a
> > bug fix?  This is the first indication I've seen that anyone is seeing
> > it in mainline, in general the people who report and fix warnings are
> > doing so based on -next and the patch seems to be from a month ago.  I
> > don't have this in my inbox so I assume it's applied already or needs to
> > be resubmitted anyway.

> Well, I consider compiler warnings bugs. I have had plenty of my
> compiler warning patches sent as bug fixes for an -rc. Furthermore, this
> patch was sent three times by different people, that should give you some
> indication that people are tripping over it.

I really don't have that good a recall of what warning fixes people are
sending, I might notice if I get two versions of the same thing that I
look at at roughly the same time but even with a few hours between it's
most likely that I'll have completely forgotten.  Warning fixes are in
general not memorable, it's not a good sign if they are.  The default
assumption for any warning fix that doesn't say anything else is going
to be that either the issue or the toolchain is very new.

For any kind of fix if you think that things are in some way urgent you
should say something promptly (or provide some indication of this in the
submission if you're sending the fix yourself, such as with a fixes
tag).  If nobody says anything then you should assume that nobody else
is going to be aware of any urgency and that this will affect handling.
Should it happen that things aren't flagged up then of course do so but
consider that this may well be the first time people will be aware
there's any urgency, don't assume that people will have been operating
with information they didn't have.

> The first version was sent on December 11th, it looks like your pull for
> 5.11 went on the December 14th, then the second version was applied on
> December 16th so I figured it might be destined for 5.11 but I could not
> tell (your for-next branch is a merge of your for-5.11 and for-5.12):

If it's on the for-5.11 branch then it will be for 5.11, which it must
be if it was applied then.  If it was and it was applied that long ago
it'll already be queued in Takashi's tree and I guess he didn't send it
on yet.

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Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Mark Brown]

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On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 12:09:21PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 06:48:48PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:

> > This is a random warning fix, why would you expect it to be sent as a
> > bug fix?  This is the first indication I've seen that anyone is seeing
> > it in mainline, in general the people who report and fix warnings are
> > doing so based on -next and the patch seems to be from a month ago.  I
> > don't have this in my inbox so I assume it's applied already or needs to
> > be resubmitted anyway.

> Well, I consider compiler warnings bugs. I have had plenty of my
> compiler warning patches sent as bug fixes for an -rc. Furthermore, this
> patch was sent three times by different people, that should give you some
> indication that people are tripping over it.

I really don't have that good a recall of what warning fixes people are
sending, I might notice if I get two versions of the same thing that I
look at at roughly the same time but even with a few hours between it's
most likely that I'll have completely forgotten.  Warning fixes are in
general not memorable, it's not a good sign if they are.  The default
assumption for any warning fix that doesn't say anything else is going
to be that either the issue or the toolchain is very new.

For any kind of fix if you think that things are in some way urgent you
should say something promptly (or provide some indication of this in the
submission if you're sending the fix yourself, such as with a fixes
tag).  If nobody says anything then you should assume that nobody else
is going to be aware of any urgency and that this will affect handling.
Should it happen that things aren't flagged up then of course do so but
consider that this may well be the first time people will be aware
there's any urgency, don't assume that people will have been operating
with information they didn't have.

> The first version was sent on December 11th, it looks like your pull for
> 5.11 went on the December 14th, then the second version was applied on
> December 16th so I figured it might be destined for 5.11 but I could not
> tell (your for-next branch is a merge of your for-5.11 and for-5.12):

If it's on the for-5.11 branch then it will be for 5.11, which it must
be if it was applied then.  If it was and it was applied that long ago
it'll already be queued in Takashi's tree and I guess he didn't send it
on yet.

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Re: [PATCH] ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix warning of the uninitialized variable ret

[Mark Brown]

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On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 12:09:21PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 06:48:48PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:

> > This is a random warning fix, why would you expect it to be sent as a
> > bug fix?  This is the first indication I've seen that anyone is seeing
> > it in mainline, in general the people who report and fix warnings are
> > doing so based on -next and the patch seems to be from a month ago.  I
> > don't have this in my inbox so I assume it's applied already or needs to
> > be resubmitted anyway.

> Well, I consider compiler warnings bugs. I have had plenty of my
> compiler warning patches sent as bug fixes for an -rc. Furthermore, this
> patch was sent three times by different people, that should give you some
> indication that people are tripping over it.

I really don't have that good a recall of what warning fixes people are
sending, I might notice if I get two versions of the same thing that I
look at at roughly the same time but even with a few hours between it's
most likely that I'll have completely forgotten.  Warning fixes are in
general not memorable, it's not a good sign if they are.  The default
assumption for any warning fix that doesn't say anything else is going
to be that either the issue or the toolchain is very new.

For any kind of fix if you think that things are in some way urgent you
should say something promptly (or provide some indication of this in the
submission if you're sending the fix yourself, such as with a fixes
tag).  If nobody says anything then you should assume that nobody else
is going to be aware of any urgency and that this will affect handling.
Should it happen that things aren't flagged up then of course do so but
consider that this may well be the first time people will be aware
there's any urgency, don't assume that people will have been operating
with information they didn't have.

> The first version was sent on December 11th, it looks like your pull for
> 5.11 went on the December 14th, then the second version was applied on
> December 16th so I figured it might be destined for 5.11 but I could not
> tell (your for-next branch is a merge of your for-5.11 and for-5.12):

If it's on the for-5.11 branch then it will be for 5.11, which it must
be if it was applied then.  If it was and it was applied that long ago
it'll already be queued in Takashi's tree and I guess he didn't send it
on yet.

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