Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] Fix uninitialized variable in ipmb_dev_int.c

[Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>]

On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 03:32:57PM -0400, Asmaa Mnebhi wrote:
> ret at line 112 of ipmb_dev_int.c is uninitialized which
> results in a warning during build regressions.
> This warning was found by build regression/improvement
> testing for v5.3-rc1.

Applied, thanks for sticking with it :).

-corey

> 
> Reported-by: build regression/improvement testing for v5.3-rc1.
> Fixes: 51bd6f291583 ("Add support for IPMB driver")
> Signed-off-by: Asmaa Mnebhi <Asmaa@mellanox.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c
> index 5720433..285e0b8 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c
> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static ssize_t ipmb_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
>  	struct ipmb_dev *ipmb_dev = to_ipmb_dev(file);
>  	struct ipmb_request_elem *queue_elem;
>  	struct ipmb_msg msg;
> -	ssize_t ret;
> +	ssize_t ret = 0;
>  
>  	memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
>  
> -- 
> 2.1.2
>