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devfs: Avoid comparison with an uninitialized var in devfs_fp_check()
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Authored by markj on May 1 2021, 2:19 PM.
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Summary

devvn_refthread() will initialize *devp only if it suceeds, so check for
success before comparing with fp->f_data. Other devfs_fp_check()
callers are careful to do this.

Reported by: KMSAN

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