[PATCH] of/irq: init struct resource to 0 in of_irq_to_resource()

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

On 07/19/2013 04:49 AM, Rob Herring wrote:
> On 07/18/2013 05:24 AM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
>> It almost does not matter because most users use only the ->start member
>> of the struct. However if this struct is passed to a platform device
>> which is then added via platform_device_add() then the ->parent member is
>> also used.
> 
> Most users don't use the resource struct at all. The ones that do, all
> seem to do a memset beforehand. So I think current behavior is correct.

Seriously? That is your argument here? Most users use memset()
beforehand and that makes it correct? Now look at this: you pass a
pointer to fill out a struct and you don't do it properly.

There is of_address_to_resource() which does a memset() why is okay
here use memset()?

> 
> There are some occurrences that pass a resource in, but then don't
> actually use the resource. Those we should fix.



> 
> Rob
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy at linutronix.de>
>> ---
>>  drivers/of/irq.c | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insearch/powerpc/sysdev/mv64x60_dev.crtion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/of/irq.c b/drivers/of/irq.c
>> index a3c1c5a..e0a72fb 100644
>> --- a/drivers/of/irq.c
>> +++ b/drivers/of/irq.c
>> @@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ int of_irq_to_resource(struct device_node *dev, int index, struct resource *r)
>>  	if (r && irq) {
>>  		const char *name = NULL;
>>  
>> +		memset(r, 0, sizeof(*r));
>>  		/*
>>  		 * Get optional "interrupts-names" property to add a name
>>  		 * to the resource.
>>
> 

Sebastian