This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
SCSI: dc395x: uninitialized variable in device_alloc()
to the 3.8-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
scsi-dc395x-uninitialized-variable-in-device_alloc.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.8 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 208afec4f3be8c51ad6eebe6611dd6d2ad2fa298 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:03:18 +0300
Subject: SCSI: dc395x: uninitialized variable in device_alloc()
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 208afec4f3be8c51ad6eebe6611dd6d2ad2fa298 upstream.
This bug was introduced back in bitkeeper days in 2003. We use
"dcb->dev_mode" before it has been initialized.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/dc395x.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c
@@ -3747,13 +3747,13 @@ static struct DeviceCtlBlk *device_alloc
dcb->max_command = 1;
dcb->target_id = target;
dcb->target_lun = lun;
+ dcb->dev_mode = eeprom->target[target].cfg0;
#ifndef DC395x_NO_DISCONNECT
dcb->identify_msg =
IDENTIFY(dcb->dev_mode & NTC_DO_DISCONNECT, lun);
#else
dcb->identify_msg = IDENTIFY(0, lun);
#endif
- dcb->dev_mode = eeprom->target[target].cfg0;
dcb->inquiry7 = 0;
dcb->sync_mode = 0;
dcb->min_nego_period = clock_period[period_index];
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.8/scsi-dc395x-uninitialized-variable-in-device_alloc.patch
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