Re: [PATCH net] rps: flow_dissector: Fix uninitialized flow_keys used in __skb_get_hash possibly

From: Gao Feng
Date: Wed Aug 31 2016 - 00:17:19 EST


On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-08-31 at 10:56 +0800, fgao@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> From: Gao Feng <fgao@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The original codes depend on that the function parameters are evaluated from
>> left to right. But the parameter's evaluation order is not defined in C
>> standard actually.
>>
>> When flow_keys_have_l4(&keys) is invoked before ___skb_get_hash(skb, &keys,
>> hashrnd) with some compilers or environment, the keys passed to
>> flow_keys_have_l4 is not initialized.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Gao Feng <fgao@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>
> Good catch, please add
>
> Fixes: 6db61d79c1e1 ("flow_dissector: Ignore flow dissector return value from ___skb_get_hash")
> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>

Add it into the description and resend the patch again?

Best Regards
Feng