Re: [PATCH] [media] dvb: avoid warning in dvb_net

[Jarod Wilson]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 03:57:41PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> With gcc-5 or higher on x86, we can get a bogus warning in the
> dvb-net code:
> 
> drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_net.c: In function âdvb_net_uleâ:
> arch/x86/include/asm/string_32.h:77:14: error: âdest_addrâ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
> drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_net.c:633:8: note: âdest_addrâ was declared here
> 
> The problem here is that gcc doesn't track all of the conditions
> to prove it can't end up copying uninitialized data.
> This changes the logic around so we zero out the destination
> address earlier when we determine that it is not set here.
> This allows the compiler to figure it out.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_net.c | 12 +++++-------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_net.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_net.c
> index 088914c4623f..f1b416de9dab 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_net.c
> @@ -688,6 +688,9 @@ static void dvb_net_ule( struct net_device *dev, const u8 *buf, size_t buf_len )
>  							      ETH_ALEN);
>  						skb_pull(priv->ule_skb, ETH_ALEN);
>  					}
> +				} else {
> +					 /* othersie use zero destination address */

I'm assuming you meant "otherwise" there instead of "othersie".

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Jarod Wilson
jarod@xxxxxxxxxx