linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] net: 9p: avoid freeing uninit memory in p9pdu

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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2024 10:56:23 +0300
From: Vitaly Chikunov <vt@...linux.org>
To: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>
Cc: Christian Schoenebeck <linux_oss@...debyte.com>, 
	Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@...ras.ru>, Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...nel.org>, 
	Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@...kov.net>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, v9fs@...ts.linux.dev, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>, 
	lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] net: 9p: avoid freeing uninit memory in p9pdu_vreadf

Dominique,

On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 08:21:30AM +0900, Dominique Martinet wrote:
> Christian Schoenebeck wrote on Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 01:54:02PM +0100:
> > I just checked whether this could create a leak, but it looks clean, so LGTM:
> 
> Right, either version look good to me.

Also, there was unnoticed bug in v2[1] - `int i` is moved to outer block
and `i` counld be used uninitialized inside of `if (errcode) {`.

Thanks,

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231205091952.24754-1-pchelkin@ispras.ru/

> I don't have a hard preference here, I've finished testing and just
> updated the patch -- thanks for your comments & review
> (and thanks Simon as well!)
> 
> -- 
> Dominique Martinet | Asmadeus