[PATCH 1/3] rt2x00usb: initialize the read value in case of failure
From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Date: 2015-03-12 14:35:56
Subsystem:
networking drivers (wireless), the rest · Maintainers:
Johannes Berg, Linus Torvalds
My understanding ist that rt2x00usb_register_read() is void and so the reader is unaware of read errors and assumes that whatever was on the stack as it was about to read. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> --- drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h
index 8f85fbd5f237..569363da00a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static inline void rt2x00usb_register_read(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, const unsigned int offset, u32 *value) { - __le32 reg; + __le32 reg = 0; rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff(rt2x00dev, USB_MULTI_READ, USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_IN, offset, ®, sizeof(reg));
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static inline void rt2x00usb_register_read_lock(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, const unsigned int offset, u32 *value) { - __le32 reg; + __le32 reg = 0; rt2x00usb_vendor_req_buff_lock(rt2x00dev, USB_MULTI_READ, USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_IN, offset, ®, sizeof(reg), REGISTER_TIMEOUT);
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