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Date:   Fri, 24 Nov 2023 08:32:10 +0200
From:   Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
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        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] serial: core: Move console character device
 handling from printk
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* Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org> [231123 07:29]:
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 10:24:24AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > Hi Tony,
> > 
> > kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:
> > 
> > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]
> > 
> > url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Tony-Lindgren/printk-Save-console-options-for-add_preferred_console_match/20231121-193809
> > base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git usb-testing
> > patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121113203.61341-4-tony%40atomide.com
> > patch subject: [PATCH v3 3/3] serial: core: Move console character device handling from printk
> > config: parisc-randconfig-r081-20231122 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20231122/202311221437.5Gil0Pml-lkp@intel.com/config)
> > compiler: hppa-linux-gcc (GCC) 13.2.0
> > reproduce: (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20231122/202311221437.5Gil0Pml-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)
> > 
> > If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
> > the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
> > | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> > | Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
> > | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202311221437.5Gil0Pml-lkp@intel.com/
> > 
> > smatch warnings:
> > drivers/tty/serial/serial_base_bus.c:266 serial_base_add_preferred_console() error: uninitialized symbol 'nmbr_match'.
> > drivers/tty/serial/serial_base_bus.c:265 serial_base_add_preferred_console() error: uninitialized symbol 'char_match'.
> > 
> > vim +/nmbr_match +266 drivers/tty/serial/serial_base_bus.c
> > 
> > e4ebdcd790e0f3 Tony Lindgren 2023-11-21  261  int serial_base_add_preferred_console(struct uart_driver *drv,
> > e4ebdcd790e0f3 Tony Lindgren 2023-11-21  262  				      struct uart_port *port)
> > e4ebdcd790e0f3 Tony Lindgren 2023-11-21  263  {
> > e4ebdcd790e0f3 Tony Lindgren 2023-11-21  264  	const char *port_match __free(kfree);
> > b1b8726ec3f40b Tony Lindgren 2023-11-21 @265  	const char *char_match __free(kfree);
> > b1b8726ec3f40b Tony Lindgren 2023-11-21 @266  	const char *nmbr_match __free(kfree);
> > 
> > These need to be initialized to NULL.
> > 
> > 	const char *char_match __free(kfree) = NULL;
> > 
> 
> Let's add a todo to make checkpatch warn about this.
> 
> KTODO: make checkpatch warn about __free() functions without an initializer

Yes good idea.

Thanks,

Tony