Re: [PATCH net-next] net/mlx5e: Do not use err uninitialized in mlx5e_rep_add_meta_tunnel_rule()

[Leon Romanovsky]

On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 11:06:07AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Clang warns:
> 
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c:481:6: error: variable 'err' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
>           if (IS_ERR(flow_rule)) {
>               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c:489:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here
>           return err;
>                 ^~~
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c:481:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true
>           if (IS_ERR(flow_rule)) {
>           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c:474:9: note: initialize the variable 'err' to silence this warning
>           int err;
>                 ^
>                   = 0
>   1 error generated.
> 
> There is little reason to have the 'goto + error variable' construct in
> this function. Get rid of it and just return the PTR_ERR value in the if
> statement and 0 at the end.
> 
> Fixes: 430e2d5e2a98 ("net/mlx5: E-Switch, Move send to vport meta rule creation")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1695
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c | 10 +++-------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 

Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>