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rtc: pcf2127: fix uninitialized variable msg

Message ID 20200709105823.7039-1-biwen.li@oss.nxp.com
State New
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Series rtc: pcf2127: fix uninitialized variable msg | expand

Commit Message

Biwen Li (OSS) July 9, 2020, 10:58 a.m. UTC
From: Biwen Li <biwen.li at nxp.com>

Fix uninitialized variable msg

Signed-off-by: Biwen Li <biwen.li at nxp.com>
---
 drivers/rtc/pcf2127.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Rasmus Villemoes July 9, 2020, 11:29 a.m. UTC | #1
On 09/07/2020 12.58, Biwen Li wrote:
> From: Biwen Li <biwen.li at nxp.com>
> 
> Fix uninitialized variable msg
> 
>  	struct dm_i2c_chip *chip = dev_get_parent_platdata(dev);
> -	struct i2c_msg msg;
> +	struct i2c_msg msg = {0};
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	/* Set the address of the start register to be read */
> 

I assume it's the

        msg.flags |= I2C_M_RD;

line that is warned about (please include such info)? Isn't the right
fix to replace that by

        msg.flags = I2C_M_RD;

?

Rasmus
Biwen Li July 9, 2020, 11:38 a.m. UTC | #2
> 
> On 09/07/2020 12.58, Biwen Li wrote:
> > From: Biwen Li <biwen.li at nxp.com>
> >
> > Fix uninitialized variable msg
> >
> >       struct dm_i2c_chip *chip = dev_get_parent_platdata(dev);
> > -     struct i2c_msg msg;
> > +     struct i2c_msg msg = {0};
> >       int ret;
> >
> >       /* Set the address of the start register to be read */
> >
> 
> I assume it's the
> 
>         msg.flags |= I2C_M_RD;
> 
> line that is warned about (please include such info)? Isn't the right fix to
> replace that by
> 
>         msg.flags = I2C_M_RD;
> 
> ?
Two lines("struct i2c msg;" and "msg.flags |= I2C_M_RD") are warned by build system. Initializing msg variable will be better.
> 
> Rasmus
Rasmus Villemoes July 9, 2020, 11:57 a.m. UTC | #3
On 09/07/2020 13.38, Biwen Li wrote:
>>
>> On 09/07/2020 12.58, Biwen Li wrote:
>>> From: Biwen Li <biwen.li at nxp.com>
>>>
>>> Fix uninitialized variable msg
>>>
>>>       struct dm_i2c_chip *chip = dev_get_parent_platdata(dev);
>>> -     struct i2c_msg msg;
>>> +     struct i2c_msg msg = {0};
>>>       int ret;
>>>
>>>       /* Set the address of the start register to be read */
>>>
>>
>> I assume it's the
>>
>>         msg.flags |= I2C_M_RD;
>>
>> line that is warned about (please include such info)? Isn't the right fix to
>> replace that by
>>
>>         msg.flags = I2C_M_RD;
>>
>> ?
> Two lines("struct i2c msg;" and "msg.flags |= I2C_M_RD") are warned by build system. 

What? That doesn't make sense. Perhaps your compiler is just friendly
enough to show you the declaration of the struct i2c_msg, but clearly
declaring an automatic variable without initializing it is not, by
itself, wrong. Otherwise "int ret;" in that very same function should be
warned about, and 100000 other instances in any code base written in C.

Please show the exact output from the compiler and the compiler version.

> Initializing msg variable will be better.

No, understanding the cause of the warning and fixing that is clearly
better.

Rasmus
Biwen Li (OSS) July 10, 2020, 1:53 a.m. UTC | #4
> 
> On 09/07/2020 13.38, Biwen Li wrote:
> >>
> >> On 09/07/2020 12.58, Biwen Li wrote:
> >>> From: Biwen Li <biwen.li at nxp.com>
> >>>
> >>> Fix uninitialized variable msg
> >>>
> >>>       struct dm_i2c_chip *chip = dev_get_parent_platdata(dev);
> >>> -     struct i2c_msg msg;
> >>> +     struct i2c_msg msg = {0};
> >>>       int ret;
> >>>
> >>>       /* Set the address of the start register to be read */
> >>>
> >>
> >> I assume it's the
> >>
> >>         msg.flags |= I2C_M_RD;
> >>
> >> line that is warned about (please include such info)? Isn't the right
> >> fix to replace that by
> >>
> >>         msg.flags = I2C_M_RD;
> >>
> >> ?
> > Two lines("struct i2c msg;" and "msg.flags |= I2C_M_RD") are warned by
> build system.
> 
> What? That doesn't make sense. Perhaps your compiler is just friendly enough
> to show you the declaration of the struct i2c_msg, but clearly declaring an
> automatic variable without initializing it is not, by itself, wrong. Otherwise "int
> ret;" in that very same function should be warned about, and 100000 other
> instances in any code base written in C.
> 
> Please show the exact output from the compiler and the compiler version.
Sorry, acctually not build system. It's code analysis tool.
Such as:
Declaring variable msg without initializer. (struce i2c_msg msg;)
Uninitialized scalar variable (UNINIT),  uninit_use: Using uninitialized value msg.flags.(msg.flags |= I2C_M_RD)
> 
> > Initializing msg variable will be better.
> 
> No, understanding the cause of the warning and fixing that is clearly better.
> 
> Rasmus
Priyanka Jain (OSS) Sept. 23, 2020, 1:36 p.m. UTC | #5
>-----Original Message-----

>From: U-Boot <u-boot-bounces@lists.denx.de> On Behalf Of Biwen Li (OSS)

>Sent: Friday, July 10, 2020 7:24 AM

>To: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk>; Biwen Li (OSS)

><biwen.li@oss.nxp.com>; Jagdish Gediya <jagdish.gediya@nxp.com>; Priyanka

>Jain <priyanka.jain@nxp.com>

>Cc: Jiafei Pan <jiafei.pan@nxp.com>; u-boot@lists.denx.de

>Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] rtc: pcf2127: fix uninitialized variable msg

>

>>

>> On 09/07/2020 13.38, Biwen Li wrote:

>> >>

>> >> On 09/07/2020 12.58, Biwen Li wrote:

>> >>> From: Biwen Li <biwen.li@nxp.com>

>> >>>

>> >>> Fix uninitialized variable msg

>> >>>

>> >>>       struct dm_i2c_chip *chip = dev_get_parent_platdata(dev);

>> >>> -     struct i2c_msg msg;

>> >>> +     struct i2c_msg msg = {0};

>> >>>       int ret;

>> >>>

>> >>>       /* Set the address of the start register to be read */

>> >>>

>> >>

>> >> I assume it's the

>> >>

>> >>         msg.flags |= I2C_M_RD;

>> >>

>> >> line that is warned about (please include such info)? Isn't the

>> >> right fix to replace that by

>> >>

>> >>         msg.flags = I2C_M_RD;

>> >>

>> >> ?

>> > Two lines("struct i2c msg;" and "msg.flags |= I2C_M_RD") are warned

>> > by

>> build system.

>>

>> What? That doesn't make sense. Perhaps your compiler is just friendly

>> enough to show you the declaration of the struct i2c_msg, but clearly

>> declaring an automatic variable without initializing it is not, by

>> itself, wrong. Otherwise "int ret;" in that very same function should

>> be warned about, and 100000 other instances in any code base written in C.

>>

>> Please show the exact output from the compiler and the compiler version.

>Sorry, acctually not build system. It's code analysis tool.


Can you please update subject or description stating that you are fixing issue reported by static analysis tool coverity

Thanks
Priyanka

>Such as:

>Declaring variable msg without initializer. (struce i2c_msg msg;) Uninitialized

>scalar variable (UNINIT),  uninit_use: Using uninitialized value

>msg.flags.(msg.flags |= I2C_M_RD)

>>

>> > Initializing msg variable will be better.

>>

>> No, understanding the cause of the warning and fixing that is clearly better.

>>

>> Rasmus
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/pcf2127.c b/drivers/rtc/pcf2127.c
index f695350..58c4ee9 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/pcf2127.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/pcf2127.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ 
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2016 by NXP Semiconductors Inc.
  * Date & Time support for PCF2127 RTC
+ * Copyright 2020 NXP
  */
 
 /*	#define	DEBUG	*/
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@  static int pcf2127_read_reg(struct udevice *dev, uint offset,
 			    u8 *buffer, int len)
 {
 	struct dm_i2c_chip *chip = dev_get_parent_platdata(dev);
-	struct i2c_msg msg;
+	struct i2c_msg msg = {0};
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Set the address of the start register to be read */