Re: [staging:staging-testing 54/54] drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_pwrctrl.c:400:6: warning: variable 'ret' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false

[Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>]

On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 01:08:23PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 04:14:57PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> > tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git staging-testing
> > head:   f3a76018dd55d8ddcd28cb47049f46ae5c0ce557
> > commit: f3a76018dd55d8ddcd28cb47049f46ae5c0ce557 [54/54] staging: r8188eu: remove initializer from ret in rtw_pwr_wakeup
> > config: hexagon-randconfig-r015-20220729 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220730/202207301623.BfMKLfhv-lkp@intel.com/config)
> > compiler: clang version 16.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 52cd00cabf479aa7eb6dbb063b7ba41ea57bce9e)
> > reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
> >         wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
> >         chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
> >         # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git/commit/?id=f3a76018dd55d8ddcd28cb47049f46ae5c0ce557
> >         git remote add staging https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git
> >         git fetch --no-tags staging staging-testing
> >         git checkout f3a76018dd55d8ddcd28cb47049f46ae5c0ce557
> >         # save the config file
> >         mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
> >         COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=hexagon SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/staging/r8188eu/
> > 
> > If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> > 
> > All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
> > 
> > >> drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_pwrctrl.c:400:6: warning: variable 'ret' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> >            if (padapter->bDriverStopped || !padapter->bup || !padapter->hw_init_completed) {
> >                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >    drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_pwrctrl.c:409:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here
> >            return ret;
> >                   ^~~
> >    drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_pwrctrl.c:400:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true
> >            if (padapter->bDriverStopped || !padapter->bup || !padapter->hw_init_completed) {
> >            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >    drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_pwrctrl.c:384:9: note: initialize the variable 'ret' to silence this warning
> >            int ret;
> >                   ^
> >                    = 0
> >    1 warning generated.
> 
> Phillip, can you send a follow-up patch for this issue?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Yes, of course. It will be a few hours though if that's ok - I've had
to pop out to send this as someone decided to steal some telecoms cabling,
thus knocking out DSL for us and three neighbouring towns :-)

Regards,
Phil