On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 02:48:17AM -0700, James Seo wrote: > The following warning is given by the Smatch static checker: > > drivers/hwmon/hp-wmi-sensors.c:1937 hp_wmi_sensors_init() > error: uninitialized symbol 'pevents'. > > If there are no instances of the HPBIOS_PlatformEvents WMI object > available, init_platform_events() never initializes this pointer, > which may then be passed to hp_wmi_debugfs_init() uninitialized. > > The impact should be limited because hp_wmi_debugfs_init() uses this > pointer only if the count of HPBIOS_PlatformEvents instances is _not_ > zero, while conversely, it will be uninitialized only if the count of > such instances _is_ zero. However, passing it uninitialized still > constitutes a bug. > > Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hwmon/f72c129b-8c57-406a-bf41-bd889b65ea0f@moroto.mountain/ > Signed-off-by: James Seo <james@xxxxxxxxxx> Applied. Thanks, Guenter > --- > drivers/hwmon/hp-wmi-sensors.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > base-commit: 55612007f16b5d7b1fb83a7b0f5bb686829db7c7 > > diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hp-wmi-sensors.c b/drivers/hwmon/hp-wmi-sensors.c > index 3a99cc5f44b2..17ae62f88bbf 100644 > --- a/drivers/hwmon/hp-wmi-sensors.c > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/hp-wmi-sensors.c > @@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@ static bool add_event_handler(struct hp_wmi_sensors *state) > static int hp_wmi_sensors_init(struct hp_wmi_sensors *state) > { > struct hp_wmi_info *connected[HP_WMI_MAX_INSTANCES]; > - struct hp_wmi_platform_events *pevents; > + struct hp_wmi_platform_events *pevents = NULL; > struct device *dev = &state->wdev->dev; > struct hp_wmi_info *info; > struct device *hwdev;
