[PATCH net-next v2] selftests: mptcp: Mark xerror __noreturn

From: Ankit Khushwaha

Date: Fri Nov 28 2025 - 23:38:25 EST


Compiler reports potential uses of uninitialized variables in
mptcp_connect.c when xerror() is called from failure paths.

mptcp_connect.c:1262:11: warning: variable 'raw_addr' is used
uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false
[-Wsometimes-uninitialized]

xerror() terminates execution by calling exit(), but it is not visible
to the compiler & assumes control flow may continue past the call.

Annotate xerror() with __noreturn so the compiler can correctly reason
about control flow and avoid false-positive uninitialized variable
warnings.

Signed-off-by: Ankit Khushwaha <ankitkhushwaha.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
---
changelog:
v2:
- annotate 'xerror()' with __noreturn
- remove defining 'raw_addr' to NULL

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251126163046.58615-1-ankitkhushwaha.linux@xxxxxxxxx/
---
tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/Makefile | 4 ++++
tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c | 3 ++-
tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_inq.c | 3 ++-
tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.c | 3 ++-
4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/Makefile
index 15d144a25d82..4c94c01b893a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/Makefile
@@ -35,3 +35,7 @@ TEST_INCLUDES := ../lib.sh $(wildcard ../lib/sh/*.sh)
EXTRA_CLEAN := *.pcap

include ../../lib.mk
+
+$(OUTPUT)/mptcp_connect: CFLAGS += -I$(top_srcdir)/tools/include
+$(OUTPUT)/mptcp_sockopt: CFLAGS += -I$(top_srcdir)/tools/include
+$(OUTPUT)/mptcp_inq: CFLAGS += -I$(top_srcdir)/tools/include
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
index 404a77bf366a..10f6f99cfd4e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
#include <linux/tcp.h>
#include <linux/time_types.h>
#include <linux/sockios.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>

extern int optind;

@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ static void die_usage(void)
exit(1);
}

-static void xerror(const char *fmt, ...)
+static void __noreturn xerror(const char *fmt, ...)
{
va_list ap;

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_inq.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_inq.c
index 8e8f6441ad8b..d4a729814662 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_inq.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_inq.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@

#include <linux/tcp.h>
#include <linux/sockios.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>

#ifndef IPPROTO_MPTCP
#define IPPROTO_MPTCP 262
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ static void die_usage(int r)
exit(r);
}

-static void xerror(const char *fmt, ...)
+static void __noreturn xerror(const char *fmt, ...)
{
va_list ap;

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.c
index 286164f7246e..15cea5e919b5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#include <netinet/in.h>

#include <linux/tcp.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>

static int pf = AF_INET;

@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ static void die_usage(int r)
exit(r);
}

-static void xerror(const char *fmt, ...)
+static void __noreturn xerror(const char *fmt, ...)
{
va_list ap;

--
2.52.0