[PATCH v2] powerpc/xive: Avoid unitialized variable

Cédric Le Goater clg at kaod.org
Fri Aug 24 16:58:17 AEST 2018


On 08/24/2018 01:26 AM, Breno Leitao wrote:
> From: Breno Leitao <breno.leitao at gmail.com>
> 
> Function xive_native_get_ipi() might uses chip_id without it being
> initialized.
> 
> This gives the following error on 'smatch' tool:
> 
> 	error: uninitialized symbol 'chip_id'
> 
> The suggestion is using xc->chip_id instead of consulting the OF for chip id,
> which is safe since xive_prepare_cpu() should have initialized ->chip_id by
> the time xive_native_get_ipi() is called.
> 
> CC: Cédric Le Goater <clg at kaod.org>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao at debian.org>



Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg at kaod.org>

Thanks,

C.

> ---
>  arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/native.c | 11 +----------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/native.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/native.c
> index 311185b9960a..bd90fd464a3a 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/native.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/native.c
> @@ -238,20 +238,11 @@ static bool xive_native_match(struct device_node *node)
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>  static int xive_native_get_ipi(unsigned int cpu, struct xive_cpu *xc)
>  {
> -	struct device_node *np;
> -	unsigned int chip_id;
>  	s64 irq;
>  
> -	/* Find the chip ID */
> -	np = of_get_cpu_node(cpu, NULL);
> -	if (np) {
> -		if (of_property_read_u32(np, "ibm,chip-id", &chip_id) < 0)
> -			chip_id = 0;
> -	}
> -
>  	/* Allocate an IPI and populate info about it */
>  	for (;;) {
> -		irq = opal_xive_allocate_irq(chip_id);
> +		irq = opal_xive_allocate_irq(xc->chip_id);
>  		if (irq == OPAL_BUSY) {
>  			msleep(1);
>  			continue;
> 



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