Re: [PATCH net 1/3] net: hns3: fix a use of uninitialized variable problem

[Jijie Shao]

on 2025/4/2 21:58, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 08:09:59PM +0800, Jijie Shao wrote:
> > From: Yonglong Liu <liuyonglong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > In hclge_add_fd_entry(), if the flow type is FLOW_EXT, and the data of
> > m_ext is all zero, then some members of the local variable "info" are
> > not initialized.
> Hi,
>
> I am assuming that this occurs when hclge_fd_check_spec() returns early
> like this:
>
>          if (!(fs->flow_type & FLOW_EXT) || hclge_fd_is_user_def_all_masked(fs))
>                  return 0;
>
> But if so, should the description be "flow type is not FLOW_EXT, ..."
> (note the "not")? Or perhaps more clearly refer to the FLOW_EXT bit
> not being set?
>
> Also, I think it would be worth mentioning hclge_fd_check_spec()
> in the patch description, perhaps something like this.
>
>    In hclge_add_fd_entry(), if  hclge_fd_check_spec() returns early
>    because the FLOW_EXT bit is not set in the flow type, and ...
>
> Also, does this manifest in a user-visible problem? If so, I think
> it would be good to describe it in the patch description.
>
> If not, I think it would be good to mention how the problem was found.
> E.g.: "flagged by static analysis" (and mention the tool if it is publicly
> Available. Or, "found by inspection".

Yes, your comments are reasonable.
I will add the description in v2

Thanks,
Jijie Shao

> > Fixes: 67b0e1428e2f ("net: hns3: add support for user-def data of flow director")
> > Signed-off-by: Yonglong Liu <liuyonglong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Jijie Shao <shaojijie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ...