linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH/RFC] RDMA/iwpm: Fix uninitialized error code in iwpm_send

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Date:   Thu, 16 Nov 2017 12:05:19 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Tatyana Nikolova <Tatyana.E.Nikolova@...el.com>,
        Roland Dreier <roland@...estorage.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        linux-rdma <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] RDMA/iwpm: Fix uninitialized error code in iwpm_send_mapinfo()

Hi Arnd,

On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> With gcc-4.1.2:
>>
>>     drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c: In function ‘iwpm_send_mapinfo’:
>>     drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c:647: warning: ‘ret’ may be used uninitialized in this function
>>
>> Indeed, if nl_client is not found in any of the scanned has buckets, ret
>> will be used uninitialized.
>>
>> Preinitialize ret to zero to fix this.
>>
>> Fixes: 30dc5e63d6a5ad24 ("RDMA/core: Add support for iWARP Port Mapper user space service")
>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
>> ---
>> RFC as I have no idea if this can ever happen, and if yes, what's the
>> correct behavior to handle it:
>>   - return 0,
>>   - return an error code,
>>   - don't send anything,
>>   - anything else?
>
> This looks like a reasonable warning. I don't see on my box with any compiler
> version. Do you have a configuration I can use to reproduce it, I'd just like
> to see out of curiosity which other compilers report it.

m68k/allmodconfig

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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