# \[PATCH 1/5\] mtd: Initialize -\>fail\_addr early in mtd\_erase()

- From: Boris Brezillon \<hidden\>
- Date: 2018-02-12 21:03:38 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2018/02/9501991
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2018/02/9501994/t.md

```text
mtd_erase() can return an error before ->fail_addr is initialized to
MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN. Move this initialization at the very beginning
of the function.

Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <redacted>
---
 drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index a1c94526fb88..c87859ff338b 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -953,6 +953,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__put_mtd_device);
  */
 int mtd_erase(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr)
 {
+	instr->fail_addr = MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN;
+
 	if (!mtd->erasesize || !mtd->_erase)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 
@@ -961,7 +963,6 @@ int mtd_erase(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr)
 	if (!(mtd->flags & MTD_WRITEABLE))
 		return -EROFS;
 
-	instr->fail_addr = MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN;
 	if (!instr->len) {
 		instr->state = MTD_ERASE_DONE;
 		mtd_erase_callback(instr);
-- 
2.14.1
```