Am 20.12.18 um 09:12 schrieb Kangjie Lu: > si2165_readreg8() may fail. Looking into si2165_readreg8(), we will find > that "val_tmp" will be an uninitialized value when regmap_read() fails. > "val_tmp" is then assigned to "val". So if si2165_readreg8() fails, > "val" will be a random value. Further use will lead to undefined > behaviors. The fix checks if si2165_readreg8() fails, and if so, returns > "-EINVAL". > Good catch. I reviewed it. See below. > Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2165.c | 8 +++++--- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2165.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2165.c > index feacd8da421d..c134f312fa5b 100644 > --- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2165.c > +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2165.c > @@ -275,18 +275,20 @@ static u32 si2165_get_fe_clk(struct si2165_state *state) > > static int si2165_wait_init_done(struct si2165_state *state) > { > - int ret = -EINVAL; > + int ret; > u8 val = 0; > int i; > > for (i = 0; i < 3; ++i) { > - si2165_readreg8(state, REG_INIT_DONE, &val); > + ret = si2165_readreg8(state, REG_INIT_DONE, &val); > + if (ret < 0) > + return -EINVAL; This code should return "ret" instead of "-EINVAL". > if (val == 0x01) > return 0; > usleep_range(1000, 50000); > } > dev_err(&state->client->dev, "init_done was not set\n"); > - return ret; > + return -EINVAL; Here I am not sure if -ETIMEDOUT would be a better return code. > } > > static int si2165_upload_firmware_block(struct si2165_state *state, >