Re: [PATCH][next] xfrm: Add error handling when nla_put_u32() returns an error

[Simon Horman]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 04:36:06PM -0700, Everest K.C. wrote:
> Error handling is missing when call to nla_put_u32() fails.
> Handle the error when the call to nla_put_u32() returns an error.
> 
> The error was reported by Coverity Scan.
> Report:
> CID 1601525: (#1 of 1): Unused value (UNUSED_VALUE)
> returned_value: Assigning value from nla_put_u32(skb, XFRMA_SA_PCPU, x->pcpu_num)
> to err here, but that stored value is overwritten before it can be used
> 
> Fixes: 1ddf9916ac09 ("xfrm: Add support for per cpu xfrm state handling.")
> Signed-off-by: Everest K.C. <everestkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>

For future reference, I think the appropriate target for this tree
is ipsec-next rather than next.

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