Fix an issue reported by the smatch static analysis tool: drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mchp-pci1xxxx.c:1030 pci1xxxx_i2c_xfer() error: uninitialized symbol 'retval'. The error occurs because retval may be used without being set if the transfer loop does not execute (e.g., when num is 0). This could cause the function to return an undefined value, leading to unpredictable behavior. Initialize retval to 0 before the transfer loop to ensure that the function returns a valid value even if no transfers are processed. This change also preserves proper error handling within the loop. Signed-off-by: Suraj Sonawane <surajsonawane0215@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mchp-pci1xxxx.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mchp-pci1xxxx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mchp-pci1xxxx.c index 5ef136c3e..4dfa11650 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mchp-pci1xxxx.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mchp-pci1xxxx.c @@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ static int pci1xxxx_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, { struct pci1xxxx_i2c *i2c = i2c_get_adapdata(adap); u8 slaveaddr; - int retval; + int retval = 0; u32 i; i2c->i2c_xfer_in_progress = true; -- 2.34.1