My understanding ist that rt2x00usb_register_read() is void and so the reader is unaware of read errors and assumes that whatever was on the stack as it was about to read. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h index 8f85fbd5f237..569363da00a2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static inline void rt2x00usb_register_read(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, const unsigned int offset, u32 *value) { - __le32 reg; + __le32 reg = 0; rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff(rt2x00dev, USB_MULTI_READ, USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_IN, offset, ®, sizeof(reg)); @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static inline void rt2x00usb_register_read_lock(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, const unsigned int offset, u32 *value) { - __le32 reg; + __le32 reg = 0; rt2x00usb_vendor_req_buff_lock(rt2x00dev, USB_MULTI_READ, USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_IN, offset, ®, sizeof(reg), REGISTER_TIMEOUT); -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html