If the 'memsize' environmental variable is not set by the bootloader
the 'memsize' variable is not initialized, leading to potential memory
problems. This patch fixes the problem by setting the initial
value to '0' to force the kernel to set a good default memory size.
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v3.15+
Reported-by: Matheus Almeida <Matheus.Almeida@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-memory.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-memory.c b/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-memory.c
index 6d0f4ab..f2364e4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-memory.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-memory.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ unsigned long physical_memsize = 0L;
fw_memblock_t * __init fw_getmdesc(int eva)
{
char *memsize_str, *ememsize_str __maybe_unused = NULL, *ptr;
- unsigned long memsize, ememsize __maybe_unused = 0;
+ unsigned long memsize = 0, ememsize __maybe_unused = 0;
static char cmdline[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __initdata;
int tmp;
--
1.9.3
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