Re: [PATCH] SUNRPC: Refactor gssx_dec_option_array() to killuninitialized warning

From: J. Bruce Fields
Date: Mon May 06 2013 - 08:55:41 EST


On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 09:21:03AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c: In function âgssx_dec_option_arrayâ:
> net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c:258: warning: âcredsâ may be used uninitialized in this function
>
> Return early if count is zero, to make it clearer to the compiler (and the
> casual reviewer) that no more processing is done.

Looks reasonable; applying for 3.10.--b.

>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++---------------
> 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c
> index 5c4c61d..a1e1b1a 100644
> --- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c
> +++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c
> @@ -264,25 +264,27 @@ static int gssx_dec_option_array(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
> if (unlikely(p == NULL))
> return -ENOSPC;
> count = be32_to_cpup(p++);
> - if (count != 0) {
> - /* we recognize only 1 currently: CREDS_VALUE */
> - oa->count = 1;
> + if (!count)
> + return 0;
>
> - oa->data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct gssx_option), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!oa->data)
> - return -ENOMEM;
> + /* we recognize only 1 currently: CREDS_VALUE */
> + oa->count = 1;
>
> - creds = kmalloc(sizeof(struct svc_cred), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!creds) {
> - kfree(oa->data);
> - return -ENOMEM;
> - }
> + oa->data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct gssx_option), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!oa->data)
> + return -ENOMEM;
>
> - oa->data[0].option.data = CREDS_VALUE;
> - oa->data[0].option.len = sizeof(CREDS_VALUE);
> - oa->data[0].value.data = (void *)creds;
> - oa->data[0].value.len = 0;
> + creds = kmalloc(sizeof(struct svc_cred), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!creds) {
> + kfree(oa->data);
> + return -ENOMEM;
> }
> +
> + oa->data[0].option.data = CREDS_VALUE;
> + oa->data[0].option.len = sizeof(CREDS_VALUE);
> + oa->data[0].value.data = (void *)creds;
> + oa->data[0].value.len = 0;
> +
> for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
> gssx_buffer dummy = { 0, NULL };
> u32 length;
> --
> 1.7.0.4
>
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