Re: bridge.c:157:11: error: variable 'err' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false

[Saeed Mahameed]

On Mon, 2021-09-06 at 20:35 +0300, Vlad Buslov wrote:
> On Mon 06 Sep 2021 at 19:39, Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 2:11 AM Naresh Kamboju
> > <naresh.kamboju@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/bridge.c:157:11:
> > > error:
> > > variable 'err' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is
> > > false
> > 
> > That compiler warning (now error) seems to be entirely valid.
> 
> I agree, this is a real issue. It had been reported before and my fix
> for it was submitted by Saeed last week but wasn't accepted since it
> was
> part of larger series that also included features and net-next had
> already been closed by that time. As far as I understand it is
> pending
> submission to net as part of series of bug fixes. Sorry for the
> delay.
> 
> 

yes, the fix will be submitted shortly to net/rc branch.
due to bad net-next timing the patch couldn't make it to -next.