On Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 12:25:21PM +0300, Ilpo Järvinen wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jul 2024, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > > Initialize the "str" pointer to NULL. There is a test later for if "str" > > is NULL but in the original code it was either valid or uninitialized. > > > > Fixes: 9e9397a41b7b ("platform/x86/intel/tpmi/plr: Add support for the plr mailbox") > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > Almost everyone automatically initializes stack variables to zero these days so > > bugs like this don't show up in testing and we disabled GCC's uninitialized > > variable warning so it's easy to miss. > > > > drivers/platform/x86/intel/intel_plr_tpmi.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/intel_plr_tpmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/intel_plr_tpmi.c > > index c1aa52c23d25..2725a1ddba92 100644 > > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/intel_plr_tpmi.c > > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/intel_plr_tpmi.c > > @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int plr_clear_cpu_status(struct tpmi_plr_die *plr_die, int cpu) > > static void plr_print_bits(struct seq_file *s, u64 val, int bits) > > { > > const unsigned long mask[] = { BITMAP_FROM_U64(val) }; > > - const char *str; > > + const char *str = NULL; > > int bit, index; > > > > for_each_set_bit(bit, mask, bits) { > > This fix looks slightly incorrect. s/slightly/totally/. I'll resend. regards, dan carpenter