Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5e: Don't use err uninitialized in mlx5e_attach_decap

From: Saeed Mahameed
Date: Wed May 27 2020 - 12:29:04 EST


On Wed, 2020-05-27 at 00:50 -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Clang warns:
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c:3712:6: warning:
> variable 'err' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false
> [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> if (IS_ERR(d->pkt_reformat)) {
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c:3718:6: note:
> uninitialized use occurs here
> if (err)
> ^~~
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c:3712:2: note: remove
> the
> 'if' if its condition is always true
> if (IS_ERR(d->pkt_reformat)) {
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c:3670:9: note:
> initialize
> the variable 'err' to silence this warning
> int err;
> ^
> = 0
> 1 warning generated.
>
> It is not wrong, err is only ever initialized in if statements but
> this
> one is not in one. Initialize err to 0 to fix this.
>
> Fixes: 14e6b038afa0 ("net/mlx5e: Add support for hw decapsulation of
> MPLS over UDP")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1037
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Applied to net-next-mlx5, will send shortly to net-next

Thanks,
Saeed.