[PATCH treewide 4/5] iio: frequency: adf4377: Make sure clk_init_data is fully initialized

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:

Pre-existing issues:
- [High] Incomplete fix for uninitialized stack variables: `struct clk_parent_data parent_data` remains uninitialized on the stack, leading to a kernel crash during clock registration.
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--- Patch [4]: [PATCH treewide 4/5] iio: frequency: adf4377: Make sure clk_init_data is fully initialized ---
commit 99e024a77f5bce5921d3c6b46054263aa450610d
Author: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>

iio: frequency: adf4377: Make sure clk_init_data is fully initialized

This commit initializes the clk_init_data structure in
adf4377_clk_register() to zero. This prevents crashes caused by
uninitialized fields like parent_names when CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_PATTERN
or CONFIG_INIT_STACK_NONE is enabled.

> diff --git a/drivers/iio/frequency/adf4377.c b/drivers/iio/frequency/adf4377.c
> --- a/drivers/iio/frequency/adf4377.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/frequency/adf4377.c
> @@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ static int adf4377_clk_register(struct adf4377_state *st)
>  {
>  	struct spi_device *spi = st->spi;
>  	struct device *dev = &spi->dev;
> -	struct clk_init_data init;
> +	struct clk_init_data init = {};
>  	struct clk_parent_data parent_data;

[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but does this struct clk_parent_data also
need to be zero-initialized?

Only fw_name is explicitly assigned below, leaving name, hw, and index
populated with stack garbage. When adf4377_clk_register() passes this to
the clock framework, clk_core_populate_parent_map() will read
parent_data.name and pass it to clk_cpy_name(), which ultimately calls
strlen() and can cause a page fault during probe.

[ ... ]

>  	parent_data.fw_name = "ref_in";
>  
>  	init.ops = &adf4377_clk_ops;
>  	init.parent_data = &parent_data;

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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/cover.1787165329.git.geert+renesas@glider.be?part=4



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