Re: [PATCH] nfp: bpf: improve handling for disabled BPF syscall
From: David Miller
Date: Mon Sep 26 2016 - 02:28:22 EST
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 22:23:59 +0200
> I stumbled over a new warning during randconfig testing,
> with CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL disabled:
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_offload.c: In function 'nfp_net_bpf_offload':
> drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_offload.c:263:3: error: '*((void *)&res+4)' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
> drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_offload.c:263:3: error: 'res.n_instr' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
>
> As far as I can tell, this is a false positive caused by the compiler
> getting confused about a function that is partially inlined, but it's
> easy to avoid while improving the code:
>
> The nfp_bpf_jit() stub helper for that configuration is unusual as it
> is defined in a header file but not marked 'static inline'. By moving
> the compile-time check into the caller using the IS_ENABLED() macro,
> we can remove that stub and simplify the nfp_net_bpf_offload_prepare()
> function enough to unconfuse the compiler.
>
> Fixes: 7533fdc0f77f ("nfp: bpf: add hardware bpf offload")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Applied, thanks.