Re: [PATCH] net: phy: initialize ge and fe variables

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Tue Jun 01 2021 - 01:22:50 EST


On Sun, 30 May 2021 12:29:43 -0700 trix@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Static analysis reports this issue
> /motorcomm.c:83:2: warning: variable 'ge' is used uninitialized
> whenever switch default is taken [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> default: /* leave everything alone in other modes */
> ^~~~~~~
> drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c:87:85: note: uninitialized use
> occurs here
> ret = __phy_modify(phydev, YT8511_PAGE,
> (YT8511_DELAY_RX | YT8511_DELAY_GE_TX_EN), ge);
> ^~
>
> __phy_modify() calls __mdiobus_modify_changed(.., mask, set)
>
> new = (ret & ~mask) | set;
> if (new == ret)
> return 0;
>
> ret = __mdiobus_write(bus, addr, regnum, new);
>
> Since 'ge/set' is or-ed in, it is safe to initialize it to 0
>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c b/drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c
> index 796b68f4b499..53b2906c54ef 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/motorcomm.c
> @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static int yt8511_write_page(struct phy_device *phydev, int page)
>
> static int yt8511_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
> {
> - unsigned int ge, fe;
> + unsigned int ge = 0, fe = 0;
> int ret, oldpage;
>
> /* set clock mode to 125mhz */

I believe this was fixed by just-applied commit 0cc8bddb5b06 ("net: phy:
abort loading yt8511 driver in unsupported modes").