[PATCH] power: supply: max17042_battery: fix the potential uninitialized use in max17042_write_verify_reg()

From: Yizhuo
Date: Wed Oct 02 2019 - 11:43:27 EST


In function max17042_write_verify_reg(), variable "read_value"
could be uninitialized if regmap_read() fails. However,
"read_value" is used to decide the control flow later in the if
statement, which is potentially unsafe.

Signed-off-by: Yizhuo <yzhai003@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/power/supply/max17042_battery.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/max17042_battery.c b/drivers/power/supply/max17042_battery.c
index 0dfad2cf13fe..e6a2dacaa730 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/max17042_battery.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/max17042_battery.c
@@ -486,12 +486,15 @@ static void max17042_external_power_changed(struct power_supply *psy)
static int max17042_write_verify_reg(struct regmap *map, u8 reg, u32 value)
{
int retries = 8;
- int ret;
+ int ret, err;
u32 read_value;

do {
ret = regmap_write(map, reg, value);
- regmap_read(map, reg, &read_value);
+ err = regmap_read(map, reg, &read_value);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
if (read_value != value) {
ret = -EIO;
retries--;
--
2.17.1