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From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
To: trix@redhat.com
Cc: natechancellor@gmail.com, ndesaulniers@google.com,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ptp: ptp_clockmatrix: initialize variables
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:01:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201012220126.GB1310@hoboy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201011200955.29992-1-trix@redhat.com>

On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 01:09:55PM -0700, trix@redhat.com wrote:
> From: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
> 
> Clang static analysis reports this representative problem
> 
> ptp_clockmatrix.c:1852:2: warning: 5th function call argument
>   is an uninitialized value
>         snprintf(idtcm->version, sizeof(idtcm->version), "%u.%u.%u",
>         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> idtcm_display_version_info() calls several idtcm_read_*'s without
> checking a return status.

So why not check the return status?

Your patch papers over the issue.

Thanks,
Richard

  reply	other threads:[~2020-10-12 22:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-11 20:09 [PATCH] ptp: ptp_clockmatrix: initialize variables trix
2020-10-12 22:01 ` Richard Cochran [this message]
2020-10-13  4:07   ` Tom Rix
2020-10-13 12:40     ` Richard Cochran

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