Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Variables hw_ctrl_s1 and sw_ctrl_s1 are not being initialized and
> potentially can contain any garbage value. Currently there is an if
> statement that sets one or the other of these variables, followed
> by an if statement that checks if any of these variables have been
> set to a non-zero value. In the case where they may contain
> uninitialized non-zero values, the latter if statement may be
> taken as true when it was not expected to.
>
> Fix this by ensuring hw_ctrl_s1 and sw_ctrl_s1 are initialized.
>
> Cleans up clang warning:
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8188f.c:432:7: warning:
> variable 'hw_ctrl_s1' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is
> false [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> if (hw_ctrl) {
> ^~~~~~~
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8188f.c:440:7: note: uninitialized
> use occurs here
> if (hw_ctrl_s1 || sw_ctrl_s1) {
> ^~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8188f.c:432:3: note: remove the 'if'
> if its condition is always true
> if (hw_ctrl) {
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Fixes: c888183b21f3 ("wifi: rtl8xxxu: Support new chip RTL8188FU")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx>
I'll queue this to v6.1.
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