Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Clang warns:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/phy.c:901:6: warning:
> variable 'place' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false
> [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> if (chnl > 14) {
> ^~~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/phy.c:909:9: note:
> uninitialized use occurs here
> return place;
> ^~~~~
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/phy.c:901:2: note: remove
> the 'if' if its condition is always true
> if (chnl > 14) {
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/phy.c:899:10: note:
> initialize the variable 'place' to silence this warning
> u8 place;
> ^
> = '\0'
> 1 warning generated.
>
> Commit 369956ae5720 ("rtlwifi: rtl8192de: Remove redundant variable
> initializations") removed the initialization of place but it appears
> that this removal was in the wrong function.
>
> _rtl92c_phy_get_rightchnlplace() returns place's value at the end of the
> function so now if the if statement is false, place never gets
> initialized. Add that initialization back to address the warning.
>
> place's initialization is not necessary in
> rtl92d_get_rightchnlplace_for_iqk() as place is only used within the if
> statement so it can be removed, which is likely what was intended in the
> first place.
>
> Fixes: 369956ae5720 ("rtlwifi: rtl8192de: Remove redundant variable initializations")
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.
533ccdae76fa rtlwifi: rtl8192de: Fix initialization of place in _rtl92c_phy_get_rightchnlplace()
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