[PATCH v6 01/16] PCI/DPC: Initialize aer_err_info before using it

Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy at linux.intel.com
Tue May 20 08:41:50 AEST 2025


Hi,

On 5/19/25 2:35 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas at google.com>
>
> Previously the struct aer_err_info "info" was allocated on the stack

/s/Previously/Currently ?

> without being initialized, so it contained junk except for the fields we
> explicitly set later.
>
> Initialize "info" at declaration so it starts as all zeroes.

/s/zeroes/zeros

Reviewed-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy at linux.intel.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas at google.com>
> ---
>   drivers/pci/pcie/dpc.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/dpc.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/dpc.c
> index df42f15c9829..fe7719238456 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/dpc.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/dpc.c
> @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static int dpc_get_aer_uncorrect_severity(struct pci_dev *dev,
>   void dpc_process_error(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>   {
>   	u16 cap = pdev->dpc_cap, status, source, reason, ext_reason;
> -	struct aer_err_info info;
> +	struct aer_err_info info = { 0 };
>   
>   	pci_read_config_word(pdev, cap + PCI_EXP_DPC_STATUS, &status);
>   	pci_read_config_word(pdev, cap + PCI_EXP_DPC_SOURCE_ID, &source);

-- 
Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer



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