From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> When !iio_buffer_space_available(rb) is true and signal_pending(current) is false the end of the do-while loop is reached and the uninitialized variable ret is zero checked. Fix this by initializing variable ret to zero. Addresses-Coverity: ("Uninitialized scalar variable") Fixes: ffabbffd40f2 ("iio: Add output buffer support") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c index b884d78657cb..c97fb8462395 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_buffer_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, struct iio_buffer *rb = ib->buffer; struct iio_dev *indio_dev = ib->indio_dev; DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(wait, woken_wake_function); - int ret; + int ret = 0; size_t written; if (!indio_dev->info) -- 2.32.0