[patch] kexec: potetially using uninitialized variable

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Fri Mar 11 2016 - 03:08:26 EST


At the end of the function we check if "ret" has a negative error code,
but it seems possible that it is uninitialized.

Fixes: 12db5562e035 ('kexec: load and relocate purgatory at kernel load time')
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
index 503bc2d..63d1af3 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ out:

static int kexec_apply_relocations(struct kimage *image)
{
- int i, ret;
+ int i, ret = 0;
struct purgatory_info *pi = &image->purgatory_info;
Elf_Shdr *sechdrs = pi->sechdrs;