On 3/16/21 1:36 AM, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 08:56:52PM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
>> index 0677295957bc..5683126e0cbc 100644
>> --- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
>> @@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ qla82xx_pinit_from_rom(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
>> int i ;
>> struct crb_addr_pair *buf;
>> unsigned long off;
>> - unsigned offset, n;
>> + unsigned offset, n = 0;
>> struct qla_hw_data *ha = vha->hw;
>>
>> struct crb_addr_pair {
>
> I think sparse is not able to see that n is initialized
> before it is used.
>
> /* Read the signature value from the flash.
> * Offset 0: Contain signature (0xcafecafe)
> * Offset 4: Offset and number of addr/value pairs
> * that present in CRB initialize sequence
> */
> n = 0;
> if (qla82xx_rom_fast_read(ha, 0, &n) != 0 || n != 0xcafecafeUL ||
> qla82xx_rom_fast_read(ha, 4, &n) != 0) {
> ql_log(ql_log_fatal, vha, 0x006e,
> "Error Reading crb_init area: n: %08x.\n", n);
> return -1;
> }
>
> I suppose this n = 0 should be dropped if n is initialized at the
> beginning of the function.
> .
Right, the variable 'n' is already being initialized. The patch that
added that initialization code went in after I came up with the above
patch. I will drop this patch.
Thanks,
Bart.
