Fix an issue detected by the Smatch tool: drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.c:78 swnode_find_gpio() error: uninitialized symbol 'ret'. The issue occurs because the 'ret' variable may be used without initialization if the for_each_gpio_property_name loop does not run. This could lead to returning an undefined value, causing unpredictable behavior. Initialize 'ret' to 0 before the loop to ensure the function returns an error code if no properties are parsed, maintaining proper error handling. Fixes: 9e4c6c1ad ("Merge tag 'io_uring-6.12-20241011' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux") Signed-off-by: Suraj Sonawane <surajsonawane0215@xxxxxxxxx> --- V1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20241022194624.34223-1-surajsonawane0215@xxxxxxxxx/T/#u V2: Improved commit message. V3: Add fixes tag. drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.c index 2b2dd7e92..51d2475c0 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.c @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct gpio_desc *swnode_find_gpio(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, struct fwnode_reference_args args; struct gpio_desc *desc; char propname[32]; /* 32 is max size of property name */ - int ret; + int ret = 0; swnode = to_software_node(fwnode); if (!swnode) -- 2.34.1