[Drbd-dev] [PATCH 04/10] rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

Kalle Valo kvalo at codeaurora.org
Fri Jun 5 11:18:22 CEST 2020


Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org> writes:

> 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,
> and avoid sending garbage by returning.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider@google.com/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw@mail.gmail.com/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg@mail.gmail.com/
> [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA@mail.gmail.com/
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>

To which tree should this go? If something else than wireless-drivers
tree:

Acked-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo at codeaurora.org>

But let me know if you want me to take this.

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