Re: fbdev: arkfb: Move a variable assignment behind a condition check in ics5342_init()
Markus Elfring <[email protected]> Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:24:10 +0200
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>> Does your understanding of programming language details differ from the= view of >> SEI CERT C Coding Standard (from the Carnegie Mellon University)? >> https://cmu-sei.github.io/secure-coding-standards/sei-cert-c-coding-sta= ndard/rules/expressions-exp/exp34-c/ >=20 > We recently discussed a similar case where several people told you that > the "problem" you fixed wasn't actually a problem. We came along possible adjustments according to an application of another questionable sanity check. > This patch is in the > same category and your reference doesn't match the code touched here. Will development interests grow if bug reports will follow by further know= n source code analysis tools? https://cmu-sei.github.io/secure-coding-standards/sei-cert-c-coding-standa= rd/rules/expressions-exp/exp34-c/#automated-detection > Please stop to absorb maintainer attention with useless stuff. Do we need to start negotiations for allocation of a corresponding CVE ID (as something happened for similar control flows before)? https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Do= cumentation/process/cve.rst?h=3Dv7.2-rc3#n16 Regards, Markus