netdev - Re: [PATCH] unix: fix build warning of used uninitialized variable

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Date:	Fri, 6 Dec 2013 14:38:33 +0800
From:	Wang Weidong <wangweidong1@...wei.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	<ebiederm@...ssion.com>, <gaofeng@...fujitsu.com>,
	<jacob.e.keller@...el.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] unix: fix build warning of used uninitialized variable

On 2013/12/6 14:24, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-12-06 at 14:05 +0800, Wang Weidong wrote:
>> af_unix.c: In function unix_bind
>> af_unix.c:893: warning: path may be used uninitialized in this function
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Wang Weidong <wangweidong1@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>  net/unix/af_unix.c |    1 +
>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
>> index 01625cc..4155ed3 100644
>> --- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
>> +++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
>> @@ -893,6 +893,7 @@ static int unix_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
>>  		struct path path;
>>  		umode_t mode = S_IFSOCK |
>>  		       (SOCK_INODE(sock)->i_mode & ~current_umask());
>> +		memset(&path, 0, sizeof(path));
>>  		err = unix_mknod(sun_path, mode, &path);
>>  		if (err) {
>>  			if (err == -EEXIST)
> 
> You should update your compiler, this patch is not needed.
> 
> 
Ok.

Thanks!

> 
> 
> 


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