Re: [PATCH V2] mlx5: vdpa: fix possible uninitialized var

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Sun Jan 17 2021 - 05:54:08 EST


On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 03:09:04PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> When compiling with -Werror=maybe-uninitialized, gcc may complains the
> possible uninitialized umem. Since the callers won't pass value other
> than 1 to 3, making 3 as default to fix the compiler warning.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>

Of course if it's actually something else this is not DTRT ...
As long as we worry about this warning, let's have defence in depth:
case 3:
umem = &mvq->umem3;
break;
+ default:
+ umem = NULL;
+ BUG();
+ break;


> ---
> drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> index f1d54814db97..07ccc61cd6f6 100644
> --- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> +++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> @@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ static void umem_destroy(struct mlx5_vdpa_net *ndev, struct mlx5_vdpa_virtqueue
> case 2:
> umem = &mvq->umem2;
> break;
> - case 3:
> + default:
> umem = &mvq->umem3;
> break;
> }
> --
> 2.25.1