Re: [PATCH] sata_sil: fix uninitialized variable use when sil_scr_read() fails

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Hi Tejun,

2009/10/21 Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Yoichi Yuasa wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> ---
>>  drivers/ata/sata_sil.c |    2 +-
>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_sil.c b/drivers/ata/sata_sil.c
>> index 3cb69d5..d7fff6b 100644
>> --- a/drivers/ata/sata_sil.c
>> +++ b/drivers/ata/sata_sil.c
>> @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ static void sil_host_intr(struct ata_port *ap, u32 bmdma2)
>>       u8 status;
>>
>>       if (unlikely(bmdma2 & SIL_DMA_SATA_IRQ)) {
>> -             u32 serror;
>> +             u32 serror = 0;
>
> The first usage of that is
>
>  sil_scr_read(&ap->link, SCR_ERROR, &serror);
>
> which sets the value.  So, I don't think the patch is necessary.  If
> it triggers a compile warning, putting uninitialized_var() macro will
> be more appropriate.

If sil_scr_read() is error, 'serror' is not initialized.
After that, the wrong bits add to 'ap->link.eh_info.serror' when
'serror & SERR_PHYRDT_CHG' is true.

Yoichi
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