[PATCH v2 07/16] clk: st: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

[PATCH v2 07/16] clk: st: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

[Stephen Boyd]

Quoting Kees Cook (2020-06-19 20:29:58)
> Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
> "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
> simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
> to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just remove this variable since it was
> actually unused:
> 
> drivers/clk/st/clkgen-fsyn.c: In function \u2018quadfs_set_rate\u2019:
> drivers/clk/st/clkgen-fsyn.c:793:6: warning: unused variable \u2018i\u2019 [-Wunused-variable]
>   793 |  int i;
>       |      ^
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider at google.com/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw at mail.gmail.com/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg at mail.gmail.com/
> [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA at mail.gmail.com/
> 
> Fixes: 5f7aa9071e93 ("clk: st: Support for QUADFS inside ClockGenB/C/D/E/F")
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> ---

Acked-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>

[PATCH v2 09/16] clk: spear: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

[Stephen Boyd]

Quoting Kees Cook (2020-06-19 20:30:00)
> Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
> "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
> simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
> to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], initialize "i" to zero. The compiler
> warning was not a false positive, since clk_pll_set_rate()'s call to
> clk_pll_round_rate_index() will always fail (since "prate" is NULL), so
> "i" was never being initialized.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider at google.com/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw at mail.gmail.com/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg at mail.gmail.com/
> [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA at mail.gmail.com/
> 
> Fixes: 7d4998f71b29 ("clk: SPEAr: Vco-pll: Fix compilation warning")
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> ---

Acked-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>

[PATCH v2 00/16] Remove uninitialized_var() macro

[Sedat Dilek]

On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 5:57 PM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 09:03:34AM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 5:30 AM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > v2:
> > > - more special-cased fixes
> > > - add reviews
> > > v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603233203.1695403-1-keescook at chromium.org
> > >
> > > Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> > > (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings
> > > (e.g. "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized,
> > > either simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes.
> > >
> > > As recommended[2] by[3] Linus[4], remove the macro.
> > >
> > > Most of the 300 uses don't cause any warnings on gcc 9.3.0, so they're in
> > > a single treewide commit in this series. A few others needed to actually
> > > get cleaned up, and I broke those out into individual patches.
> > >
> > > The tree is:
> > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux.git/log/?h=kspp/uninit/macro
> > >
> > > -Kees
> > >
> >
> > Hi Kees,
> >
> > thanks for doing a v2 of your patchset.
> >
> > As I saw Jason Yan providing some "uninitialized_var() macro" patches
> > to the MLs I pointen him to your tree "v1".
>
> Thanks!
>
> > BTW, I have tested your "v1" against Linux v5.7 (see [1]) - just
> > yesterday with Linux v5.7.5-rc1.
> >
> > Is it possible to have a v2 of this patchset on top od Linux v5.7 - if
> > you do not mind.
>
> Since it's only going to be for post-v5.8, I'm fine skipping the v5.7
> testing. Mainly I'm looking at v5.8 and linux-next.
>
> Thanks for looking at it!
>

Thanks for the feedback.

"I knew you'd say that."
( Judge Dredd )

- Sedat -

[PATCH v2 01/16] docs: deprecated.rst: Add uninitialized_var()

[Nick Desaulniers]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 8:30 PM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Nothing should be using this macro, and the entire idea of tricking the
> compiler into silencing such warnings is a mistake.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

> ---
>  Documentation/process/deprecated.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
> index 652e2aa02a66..943a926ecbbb 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
> @@ -51,6 +51,24 @@ to make sure their systems do not continue running in the face of
>  "unreachable" conditions. (For example, see commits like `this one
>  <https://git.kernel.org/linus/d4689846881d160a4d12a514e991a740bcb5d65a>`_.)
>
> +uninitialized_var()
> +-------------------
> +For any compiler warnings about uninitialized variables, just add
> +an initializer. Using the uninitialized_var() macro (or similar
> +warning-silencing tricks) is dangerous as it papers over `real bugs
> +<https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider@google.com/>`_
> +(or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings
> +(e.g. "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized,
> +either simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. Keep in
> +mind that in most cases, if an initialization is obviously redundant,
> +the compiler's dead-store elimination pass will make sure there are no
> +needless variable writes.
> +
> +As Linus has said, this macro
> +`must <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw@mail.gmail.com/>`_
> +`be <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg@mail.gmail.com/>`_
> +`removed <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA@mail.gmail.com/>`_.
> +
>  open-coded arithmetic in allocator arguments
>  --------------------------------------------
>  Dynamic size calculations (especially multiplication) should not be
> --
> 2.25.1
>
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-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers

[PATCH v2 04/16] b43: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

[Nick Desaulniers]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 8:30 PM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
> "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
> simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
> to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just initialize this variable to NULL.
> No later NULL deref is possible due to the early returns outside of the
> (phy->rev >= 7 && phy->rev < 19) case, which explicitly tests for NULL.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider at google.com/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw at mail.gmail.com/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg at mail.gmail.com/
> [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA at mail.gmail.com/
>
> Fixes: 58619b14d106 ("b43: move under broadcom vendor directory")
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

I see three total uses of uninitialized_var() in this file, do we want
to eliminate all of them?

> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c
> index c33b4235839d..46db91846007 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c
> @@ -4222,7 +4222,7 @@ static void b43_nphy_tx_gain_table_upload(struct b43_wldev *dev)
>         u32 rfpwr_offset;
>         u8 pga_gain, pad_gain;
>         int i;
> -       const s16 *uninitialized_var(rf_pwr_offset_table);
> +       const s16 *rf_pwr_offset_table = NULL;
>
>         table = b43_nphy_get_tx_gain_table(dev);
>         if (!table)
> --

-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers

[PATCH v2 10/16] KVM: PPC: Book3S PR: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

[Nick Desaulniers]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 8:30 PM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
> "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
> simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
> to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just remove this variable since it was
> actually unused:
>
> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c:1832:16: warning: unused variable 'vrsave' [-Wunused-variable]
>         unsigned long vrsave;
>                       ^
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider at google.com/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw at mail.gmail.com/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg at mail.gmail.com/
> [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA at mail.gmail.com/
>
> Suggested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
> Fixes: f05ed4d56e9c ("KVM: PPC: Split out code from book3s.c into book3s_pr.c")
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
> index ef54f917bdaf..ed12dfbf9bb5 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
> @@ -1828,9 +1828,6 @@ static int kvmppc_vcpu_run_pr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  {
>         struct kvm_run *run = vcpu->run;
>         int ret;
> -#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
> -       unsigned long uninitialized_var(vrsave);
> -#endif
>
>         /* Check if we can run the vcpu at all */
>         if (!vcpu->arch.sane) {
> --

-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers

[PATCH v2 13/16] mm/debug_vm_pgtable: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

[Nick Desaulniers]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 8:30 PM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
> "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
> simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
> to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just initialize this variable to NULL.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider at google.com/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw at mail.gmail.com/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg at mail.gmail.com/
> [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA at mail.gmail.com/
>
> Fixes: 399145f9eb6c ("mm/debug: add tests validating architecture page table helpers")
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> ---
>  mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
> index e45623016aea..83c9e88a052a 100644
> --- a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
> +++ b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
> @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ static int __init debug_vm_pgtable(void)
>         phys_addr_t paddr;
>         unsigned long vaddr, pte_aligned, pmd_aligned;
>         unsigned long pud_aligned, p4d_aligned, pgd_aligned;
> -       spinlock_t *uninitialized_var(ptl);
> +       spinlock_t *ptl = NULL;

It looks like the address of ptl is passed to pte_alloc_map_lock.  It
looks like pte_offset_map_lock unconditionally assigns through that
pointer before reading.  So this could be left uninitialized, but
initializing it doesn't hurt.
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

>
>         pr_info("Validating architecture page table helpers\n");
>         prot = vm_get_page_prot(VMFLAGS);
> --

-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers

[PATCH v2 11/16] media: sur40: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

[Nick Desaulniers]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 8:30 PM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
> "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
> simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
> to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just remove this variable since it was
> actually unused:
>
> drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c:459:6: warning: variable 'packet_id' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
>   459 |  u32 packet_id;
>       |      ^~~~~~~~~
>
> However, in keeping with the documentation desires outlined in commit
> 335abaea7a27 ("Input: sur40 - silence unnecessary noisy debug output"),
> comment out the assignment instead of removing it.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider at google.com/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw at mail.gmail.com/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg at mail.gmail.com/
> [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA at mail.gmail.com/
>
> Fixes: 335abaea7a27 ("Input: sur40 - silence unnecessary noisy debug output")

Probably should comment out `/* u32 packet_id */` rather than removing
it then, but that doesn't really matter. Either way,
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> ---
>  drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
> index 34d31c7ec8ba..620cdd7d214a 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c
> @@ -456,8 +456,6 @@ static void sur40_poll(struct input_dev *input)
>  {
>         struct sur40_state *sur40 = input_get_drvdata(input);
>         int result, bulk_read, need_blobs, packet_blobs, i;
> -       u32 uninitialized_var(packet_id);
> -
>         struct sur40_header *header = &sur40->bulk_in_buffer->header;
>         struct sur40_blob *inblob = &sur40->bulk_in_buffer->blobs[0];
>
> @@ -491,7 +489,7 @@ static void sur40_poll(struct input_dev *input)
>                 if (need_blobs == -1) {
>                         need_blobs = le16_to_cpu(header->count);
>                         dev_dbg(sur40->dev, "need %d blobs\n", need_blobs);
> -                       packet_id = le32_to_cpu(header->packet_id);
> +                       /* packet_id = le32_to_cpu(header->packet_id); */
>                 }
>
>                 /*
> --
> 2.25.1
>
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-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers

[PATCH v2 04/16] b43: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

[Kees Cook]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 10:04:18AM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 8:30 PM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> >
> > Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> > (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
> > "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
> > simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
> > to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just initialize this variable to NULL.
> > No later NULL deref is possible due to the early returns outside of the
> > (phy->rev >= 7 && phy->rev < 19) case, which explicitly tests for NULL.
> >
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider at google.com/
> > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw at mail.gmail.com/
> > [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg at mail.gmail.com/
> > [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA at mail.gmail.com/
> >
> > Fixes: 58619b14d106 ("b43: move under broadcom vendor directory")
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> 
> I see three total uses of uninitialized_var() in this file, do we want
> to eliminate all of them?

This is the only one that needed an explicit initialization -- all the
others are handled in the treewide patch. I *could* split it out here,
but I found it easier to keep the "no op" changes together in the
treewide patch.

-Kees

> 
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c
> > index c33b4235839d..46db91846007 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c
> > @@ -4222,7 +4222,7 @@ static void b43_nphy_tx_gain_table_upload(struct b43_wldev *dev)
> >         u32 rfpwr_offset;
> >         u8 pga_gain, pad_gain;
> >         int i;
> > -       const s16 *uninitialized_var(rf_pwr_offset_table);
> > +       const s16 *rf_pwr_offset_table = NULL;
> >
> >         table = b43_nphy_get_tx_gain_table(dev);
> >         if (!table)
> > --
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> ~Nick Desaulniers

-- 
Kees Cook

[PATCH v2 04/16] b43: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

[Nick Desaulniers]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 2:04 PM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 10:04:18AM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 8:30 PM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> > > (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
> > > "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
> > > simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
> > > to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just initialize this variable to NULL.
> > > No later NULL deref is possible due to the early returns outside of the
> > > (phy->rev >= 7 && phy->rev < 19) case, which explicitly tests for NULL.
> > >
> > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider at google.com/
> > > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw at mail.gmail.com/
> > > [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg at mail.gmail.com/
> > > [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA at mail.gmail.com/
> > >
> > > Fixes: 58619b14d106 ("b43: move under broadcom vendor directory")
> > > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> >
> > I see three total uses of uninitialized_var() in this file, do we want
> > to eliminate all of them?
>
> This is the only one that needed an explicit initialization -- all the
> others are handled in the treewide patch. I *could* split it out here,
> but I found it easier to keep the "no op" changes together in the
> treewide patch.

Ah, got it.
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

>
> -Kees
>
> >
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c
> > > index c33b4235839d..46db91846007 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c
> > > @@ -4222,7 +4222,7 @@ static void b43_nphy_tx_gain_table_upload(struct b43_wldev *dev)
> > >         u32 rfpwr_offset;
> > >         u8 pga_gain, pad_gain;
> > >         int i;
> > > -       const s16 *uninitialized_var(rf_pwr_offset_table);
> > > +       const s16 *rf_pwr_offset_table = NULL;
> > >
> > >         table = b43_nphy_get_tx_gain_table(dev);
> > >         if (!table)
> > > --
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > ~Nick Desaulniers
>
> --
> Kees Cook



-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers

[PATCH v2 08/16] spi: davinci: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

[Mark Brown]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 08:29:59PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
> "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
> simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
> to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just remove this variable since it was
> actually unused:

Please copy maintainers on patches :(

Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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[PATCH v2 08/16] spi: davinci: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

[Kees Cook]

On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 09:39:20PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 08:29:59PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> > (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
> > "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
> > simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
> > to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just remove this variable since it was
> > actually unused:
> 
> Please copy maintainers on patches :(

Hi! Sorry about that; the CC list was giant, so I had opted for using
subsystem mailing lists where possible.

> Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>

Thanks!

-- 
Kees Cook

[PATCH v2 08/16] spi: davinci: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

[Mark Brown]

On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 08:21:40AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 09:39:20PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:

> > Please copy maintainers on patches :(

> Hi! Sorry about that; the CC list was giant, so I had opted for using
> subsystem mailing lists where possible.

If you're going to err in a direction there I'd err in the direction of
CCing the people not the list - I only saw this since I was looking for
something else, I don't normally see stuff in the mailing list folder.
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[PATCH v2 08/16] spi: davinci: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

[Kees Cook]

On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 04:23:35PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 08:21:40AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 09:39:20PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> 
> > > Please copy maintainers on patches :(
> 
> > Hi! Sorry about that; the CC list was giant, so I had opted for using
> > subsystem mailing lists where possible.
> 
> If you're going to err in a direction there I'd err in the direction of
> CCing the people not the list - I only saw this since I was looking for
> something else, I don't normally see stuff in the mailing list folder.

Yeah, I've gotten conflicting feedback on treewide changes:
- please CC me on only the one patch, I don't want to see everything else
- please CC me on the whole series, I want the full context for the change

I opted toward "CC me on this series", but then I get stuck when the CC
is giant. I think I may switch back to individual CCs for specific
patches, and point people to lore if they want greater context. (lore
didn't exist before...)

Thanks for the poke to make me reconsider this workflow. :)

-- 
Kees Cook

[PATCH v2 08/16] spi: davinci: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

[Joe Perches]

On Thu, 2020-07-02 at 08:42 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 04:23:35PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 08:21:40AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 09:39:20PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> > > > Please copy maintainers on patches :(
> > > Hi! Sorry about that; the CC list was giant, so I had opted for using
> > > subsystem mailing lists where possible.
> > 
> > If you're going to err in a direction there I'd err in the direction of
> > CCing the people not the list - I only saw this since I was looking for
> > something else, I don't normally see stuff in the mailing list folder.
> 
> Yeah, I've gotten conflicting feedback on treewide changes:
> - please CC me on only the one patch, I don't want to see everything else
> - please CC me on the whole series, I want the full context for the change
> 
> I opted toward "CC me on this series", but then I get stuck when the CC
> is giant. I think I may switch back to individual CCs for specific
> patches, and point people to lore if they want greater context. (lore
> didn't exist before...)

IMO:

For a patch series that spans multiple subsystems,
each patch should always CC any specific subsystem
maintainers..

A good trick would be to use the cover letter
message-id: and have each individual patch in the
series reference the cover letter id below the
--- line so any reviewer doesn't have to find the
in-reply-to: message id and then reference the
lore link.

Something like:

---

For complete series see: https://lore.kernel.org/r/<cover_letter_message_id>

[PATCH v2 04/16] b43: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

[Kalle Valo]

Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:

> Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
> "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
> simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
> to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just initialize this variable to NULL.
> No later NULL deref is possible due to the early returns outside of the
> (phy->rev >= 7 && phy->rev < 19) case, which explicitly tests for NULL.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider at google.com/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw at mail.gmail.com/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg at mail.gmail.com/
> [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA at mail.gmail.com/
> 
> Fixes: 58619b14d106 ("b43: move under broadcom vendor directory")
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

2 patches applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

800e7a205a0f b43: Remove uninitialized_var() usage
f8279dad4e36 rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11615573/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches