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Subject[PATCH 3.16 300/305] vxge: ensure data0 is initialized in when fetching firmware version information
3.16.63-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>

commit f7db2beb4c2c6cc8111f5ab90fc7363ca91107b6 upstream.

Currently variable data0 is not being initialized so a garbage value is
being passed to vxge_hw_vpath_fw_api and this value is being written to
the rts_access_steer_data0 register. There are other occurrances where
data0 is being initialized to zero (e.g. in function
vxge_hw_upgrade_read_version) so I think it makes sense to ensure data0
is initialized likewise to 0.

Detected by CoverityScan, CID#140696 ("Uninitialized scalar variable")

Fixes: 8424e00dfd52 ("vxge: serialize access to steering control register")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.c
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ __vxge_hw_vpath_fw_ver_get(struct __vxge
struct vxge_hw_device_date *fw_date = &hw_info->fw_date;
struct vxge_hw_device_version *flash_version = &hw_info->flash_version;
struct vxge_hw_device_date *flash_date = &hw_info->flash_date;
- u64 data0, data1 = 0, steer_ctrl = 0;
+ u64 data0 = 0, data1 = 0, steer_ctrl = 0;
enum vxge_hw_status status;

status = vxge_hw_vpath_fw_api(vpath,
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