Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] drivers/phylib: fix coverity issue

[Piergiorgio Beruto <piergiorgio.beruto@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 07:26:04PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 22:47:53 +0100 Piergiorgio Beruto wrote:
> > Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/1] drivers/phylib: fix coverity issue
> 
> The title of the patch should refer to the bug rather than which tool
> found it.
> 
> here, for eaxmple:
> 
>   net: phy: fix use of uninit variable when setting PLCA config
> 
> > Coverity reported the following:
> > 
> > *** CID 1530573:    (UNINIT)
> > drivers/net/phy/phy-c45.c:1036 in genphy_c45_plca_set_cfg()
> > 1030     				return ret;
> > 1031
> > 1032     			val = ret;
> > 1033     		}
> > 1034
> > 1035     		if (plca_cfg->node_cnt >= 0)
> [snip]
> > Signed-off-by: Piergiorgio Beruto <piergiorgio.beruto@gmail.com>
> > Reported-by: coverity-bot <keescook+coverity-bot@chromium.org>
> > Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1530573 ("UNINIT")
> > Fixes: 493323416fed ("drivers/net/phy: add helpers to get/set PLCA configuration")
> 
> nit: the tags are in somewhat unnatural order. Since you'll need to
> respin for the subject change, this would be better:
> 
> Reported-by: coverity-bot <keescook+coverity-bot@chromium.org>
> Fixes: 493323416fed ("drivers/net/phy: add helpers to get/set PLCA configuration")
> Signed-off-by: Piergiorgio Beruto <piergiorgio.beruto@gmail.com>
> 
> (Yes, the custom coverity tag can go meet its friends in the bin)
Thanks Jakub,
I just fixed that.

Kind Regards,
Piergiorgio