Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: net: cleanup busy_poller.c

From: Joe Damato
Date: Tue Dec 03 2024 - 13:33:48 EST


On Mon, Dec 02, 2024 at 09:14:58PM -0800, Stanislav Fomichev wrote:
> On 12/03, Joe Damato wrote:
> > Fix various integer type conversions by using strtoull and a temporary
> > variable which is bounds checked before being casted into the
> > appropriate cfg_* variable for use by the test program.
> >
> > While here, free the strdup'd cfg string for overall hygenie.
>
> Thank you for fixing this! I also saw them this morning after a net-next
> pull and was about to post... I also see the following (LLVM=1):
>
> busy_poller.c:237:6: warning: variable 'napi_id' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> 237 | if (napi_list->obj._present.id)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> busy_poller.c:243:38: note: uninitialized use occurs here
> 243 | netdev_napi_set_req_set_id(set_req, napi_id);
> | ^~~~~~~
> busy_poller.c:237:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true
> 237 | if (napi_list->obj._present.id)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 238 | napi_id = napi_list->obj.id;
> | ~
> 239 | else
> | ~~~~
> 240 | error(1, 0, "napi ID not present?");
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> busy_poller.c:226:18: note: initialize the variable 'napi_id' to silence this warning
> 226 | uint32_t napi_id;
> | ^
> | = 0
> 1 warning generated.
>
> Presumably the compiler can't connect that fact that (!preset.id) ->
> error. So maybe initialize napi_id to 0 to suppress it as well?

Thanks for the report! Can I ask what compiler and version you are
using so that I can test before reposting?