Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8188ee: initialize packet_beacon

From: Larry Finger <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:15:44 -0500

On 04/21/2014 11:38 AM, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <[email-masked]>
>
> static code analysis from cppcheck reports:
>
> [drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/trx.c:322]:
>    (error) Uninitialized variable: packet_beacon
>
> packet_beacon is not initialized and hence packet_beacon
> contains garbage from the stack, so set it to false.
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <[email-masked]>
> ---
>   drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/trx.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

This change should have a "Cc: Stable <[email-masked]> [3.10+] notation.

Other than that, Acked-by: Larry Finger <[email-masked]>

John: Is it possible for you to add stable, or do you want Colin to resubmit.

Larry

>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/trx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/trx.c
> index 06ef47c..5b4c225 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/trx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/trx.c
> @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static void _rtl88ee_translate_rx_signal_stuff(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>   	u8 *psaddr;
>   	__le16 fc;
>   	u16 type, ufc;
> -	bool match_bssid, packet_toself, packet_beacon, addr;
> +	bool match_bssid, packet_toself, packet_beacon = false, addr;
>
>   	tmp_buf = skb->data + pstatus->rx_drvinfo_size + pstatus->rx_bufshift;
>
>