Re: [PATCH -next] acpi/hmat: fix an uninitialized memory_target

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On 4/7/2019 6:42 AM, Qian Cai wrote:
The commit 665ac7e92757 ("acpi/hmat: Register processor domain to its
memory") introduced an uninitialized "struct memory_target" that could
cause an incorrect branching.

drivers/acpi/hmat/hmat.c:385:6: warning: variable 'target' is used
uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false
[-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
         if (p->flags & ACPI_HMAT_MEMORY_PD_VALID) {
             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/acpi/hmat/hmat.c:392:6: note: uninitialized use occurs here
         if (target && p->flags & ACPI_HMAT_PROCESSOR_PD_VALID) {
             ^~~~~~
drivers/acpi/hmat/hmat.c:385:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition
is always true
         if (p->flags & ACPI_HMAT_MEMORY_PD_VALID) {
         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/acpi/hmat/hmat.c:369:30: note: initialize the variable 'target'
to silence this warning
         struct memory_target *target;
                                     ^
                                      = NULL

Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha <mojha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Cheers,
-Mukesh

---
  drivers/acpi/hmat/hmat.c | 2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/hmat/hmat.c b/drivers/acpi/hmat/hmat.c
index c9b8abcf012c..6653dba3b377 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/hmat/hmat.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/hmat/hmat.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static int __init hmat_parse_proximity_domain(union acpi_subtable_headers *heade
  					      const unsigned long end)
  {
  	struct acpi_hmat_proximity_domain *p = (void *)header;
-	struct memory_target *target;
+	struct memory_target *target = NULL;
if (p->header.length != sizeof(*p)) {
  		pr_notice("HMAT: Unexpected address range header length: %d\n",



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