Re: [PATCH][next] ACPI: scan: ensure ret is initialized to avoid garbage being returned

From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
To: Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Cc: "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
	Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
	Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@gmail.com>,
	Daniel Scally <djrscally@gmail.com>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] ACPI: scan: ensure ret is initialized to avoid garbage being returned
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:28:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0h962RaReLhKSkOMxb6BT44GAwrFq9qLqChfTH3v__toQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210609173312.298414-1-colin.king@canonical.com>

On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 7:33 PM Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> wrote:
>
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>
> In the unlikely event that there are no callback calls made then ret
> will be returned as an uninitialized value. Clean up static analysis
> warnings by ensuring ret is initialized.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Uninitialized scalar variable")
> Fixes: a9e10e587304 ("ACPI: scan: Extend acpi_walk_dep_device_list()")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/scan.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> index c3067e8bfc47..0945d952f0fc 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> @@ -2151,7 +2151,7 @@ int acpi_walk_dep_device_list(acpi_handle handle,
>                               void *data)
>  {
>         struct acpi_dep_data *dep, *tmp;
> -       int ret;
> +       int ret = 0;
>
>         mutex_lock(&acpi_dep_list_lock);
>         list_for_each_entry_safe(dep, tmp, &acpi_dep_list, node) {
> --

Applied with some edits in the subject and changelog.

Basically, if you make changes like this, please specify which piece
of code you change in the subject/changelog.

Thanks!