Re: [PATCH] remoteproc: silence an uninitialized variable warning

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Fri Apr 05 2019 - 03:35:20 EST


On Fri, Apr 05, 2019 at 12:38:19PM +0530, Mukesh Ojha wrote:
>
> On 4/4/2019 3:06 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 02:47:39PM +0530, Mukesh Ojha wrote:
> > > On 4/4/2019 2:12 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > > Smatch complains that "ret" might be uninitialized. I can see why it
> > > > generates the warning, but I don't know if it's actually possible.
> > > > Anyway initializing "ret" here is harmless.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c | 2 +-
> > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c
> > > > index 1c488024c698..fc58d660692f 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c
> > > > @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static int __qcom_mdt_load(struct device *dev, const struct firmware *fw,
> > > > if (reloc_base)
> > > > *reloc_base = mem_reloc;
> > > > -
> > > > + ret = 0;
> > >
> > > You are overriding the value here, better keep it at the start.
> > I like how I wrote it. It makes it clear that this is the success path.
>
>
> But think about a case when this request_firmware_into_buf fails or the
> snippet above that can set the ret with error value
>
> right.. is not that possible?..and ret = 0 stops propagating the error
> properly.
>

Gar. I read "goto out;" instead of "break;". It probably should be
goto out though... Anyway, I will resend.

Thanks!

regards,
dan carpenter