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Date:   Tue, 6 Dec 2022 10:09:53 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
To:     Divya Koppera <Divya.Koppera@microchip.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 1/2] net: phy: micrel: Fixed error related to
 uninitialized symbol ret
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Tue, Dec 06, 2022 at 08:35:10AM CET, Divya.Koppera@microchip.com wrote:
>Initialized return variable

Not only here, but in the patch/patchset subject, you should be
imperative to the codebase and tell it what to do.


>
>Fixes Old smatch warnings:
>drivers/net/phy/micrel.c:1750 ksz886x_cable_test_get_status() error:
>uninitialized symbol 'ret'.
>
>Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
>Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
>Fixes: 21b688dabecb ("net: phy: micrel: Cable Diag feature for lan8814 phy")
>Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
>Signed-off-by: Divya Koppera <Divya.Koppera@microchip.com>
>---
>v4 -> v5:
>- No changes, added reviewed by tag.
>
>v3 -> v4:
>- Split the patch for different warnings.
>
>v1 -> v3:
>- No changes
>---
> drivers/net/phy/micrel.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
>index 26ce0c5defcd..1bcdb828db56 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
>@@ -2088,7 +2088,8 @@ static int ksz886x_cable_test_get_status(struct phy_device *phydev,
> 	const struct kszphy_type *type = phydev->drv->driver_data;
> 	unsigned long pair_mask = type->pair_mask;
> 	int retries = 20;
>-	int pair, ret;
>+	int ret = 0;
>+	int pair;
> 
> 	*finished = false;
> 
>-- 
>2.17.1
>