Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:43:31 -0800
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@hansjkoch.de>
Cc: Vitalii Demianets <vitas@nppfactor.kiev.ua>, Tux9 <tuxding@gmail.com>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uio.c: Fix warning: 'ret' might be used uninitialized
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On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:39:06PM +0100, Hans J. Koch wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 01:16:19PM +0200, Vitalii Demianets wrote:
> > On Friday 30 November 2012 01:58:22 Hans J. Koch wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 06:36:59PM +0200, Vitalii Demianets wrote:
> > > > > On Thursday 29 November 2012 18:05:27 Tux9 wrote:
> > > > > > Hans, I think there are something wrong in your patch, while
> > > > > > Vitalii's is right. The variable "ret" is reused in line 292 and line
> > > > > > 295, so the value of "ret" would be overridden (if it goto err_map in
> > > > > > line 284 when mi>=1).
> > > > >
> > > > > Actually, both patches do exactly the same thing. Hans's patch
> > > > > establishes default value for the ret for all those "other" cases when
> > > > > ret is not explicitly overridden. My patch explicitly enumerates all
> > > > > those "other" cases in more wordily manner.
> > > >
> > > > Oops, disregard this. After looking at it more thoroughly I got your
> > > > point. You are right, ret is overridden at first iteration (mi == 0), so
> > > > Hans's approach does not work.
> > > > I must do more thinking before replying in a hurry.
> > >
> > > You're right. Initialization of "ret" has to take place at the beginning of
> > > the loop.
> > >
> > > I think this version is right:
> > 
> > Yes, this looks right for me.
> 
> OK, I'll send that patch offically, then. This might also be material for
> the stable updates. Greg?

Yes, that sounds good.

greg k-h
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