Re: [PATCH v2 04/16] b43: Remove uninitialized_var() usage
From: Nick Desaulniers <hidden>
Date: 2020-06-22 17:04:34
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On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 8:30 PM Kees Cook [off-list ref] wrote:
Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1] (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g. "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just initialize this variable to NULL. No later NULL deref is possible due to the early returns outside of the (phy->rev >= 7 && phy->rev < 19) case, which explicitly tests for NULL. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider@google.com/ (local) [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw@mail.gmail.com/ (local) [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg@mail.gmail.com/ (local) [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA@mail.gmail.com/ (local) Fixes: 58619b14d106 ("b43: move under broadcom vendor directory") Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <redacted>
I see three total uses of uninitialized_var() in this file, do we want to eliminate all of them?
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c index c33b4235839d..46db91846007 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c@@ -4222,7 +4222,7 @@ static void b43_nphy_tx_gain_table_upload(struct b43_wldev *dev) u32 rfpwr_offset; u8 pga_gain, pad_gain; int i; - const s16 *uninitialized_var(rf_pwr_offset_table); + const s16 *rf_pwr_offset_table = NULL; table = b43_nphy_get_tx_gain_table(dev); if (!table) --
-- Thanks, ~Nick Desaulniers