Re: [PATCH] [net-next] net: sched: avoid uninitialized variable use

[Jiri Pirko]

Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 03:19:14PM CET, arnd@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 2:49 PM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 02:17:28PM CET, arnd@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>gcc has identified a code path in which we pass uninitialized
>>>data into tc_dump_tfilter():
>>>
>>>net/sched/cls_api.c: In function 'tc_dump_tfilter':
>>>net/sched/cls_api.c:1268:8: error: 'parent' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
>>>
>>>This initializes the variable to the value it had before the previous
>>>change.
>>>
>>>Fixes: 7960d1daf278 ("net: sched: use block index as a handle instead of qdisc when block is shared")
>>>Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>>>----
>>>I don't know if my patch is the best way to address the issue, but
>>>if not, then at least it helps show what the warning is about
>>>and lets someone else come up with a better solution.
>>
>> I already sent a fix for this:
>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/862787/
>
>Ok. I've looked at your patch for way too long now and still don't see how
>you've shown it to be correct. Shouldn't there be a at least a comment
>to explain why zero is an appropriate initialization value in that case?

Okay. Will add comment.


>
>      Arnd