Re: sel_netif_init: 'err' is used uninitialized (was: Re: selinux: reduce the number of calls to synchronize_net() when flushing caches)

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Paul,

On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thursday, August 07, 2014 12:31:15 PM Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>
>> security/selinux/netif.c: In function âsel_netif_initâ:
>> /scratch/geert/linux/linux-m68k/security/selinux/netif.c:285: warning:
>> âerrâ is used uninitialized in this function
>>
>> Should it just return 0, like before?
>> Or should it return the return value of register_netdevice_notifier()
>> instead, which also returns an error code? Or is that failure non-critical?
>
> Hi,
>
> I posted a fix for this two days ago to the SELinux list (see below).  As soon
> as -rc1 is released and linux-next is back in business I'll be pushing the
> patch to the SELinux #next branch.
>
>  * http://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=140727033030054&w=2

Thanks, I had a quick look for it, but couldn't find it.
It's always a good idea to CC lkml for such issues in mainline.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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