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Date:	Fri, 6 Nov 2015 20:10:08 +0100
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@...il.com>
Cc:	kaber@...sh.net, kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu, davem@...emloft.net,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: netfilter: fix GCC uninitialized warning

On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 09:48:14PM +0300, Dmitry Safonov wrote:
> With x86_64_defconfig:
> GCC thinks that in nfulnl_recv_config flags parameter is not inited but
> it was under the same condition (nfula[NFULA_CFG_FLAGS] == true).
> Suppress this warning:
> 	net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c: In function ‘nfulnl_recv_config’:
> 	net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c:320:14: warning: ‘flags’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>   	inst->flags = flags;
> 	            ^
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
> index 06eb48fceb42e4..d65f3b987b7f13 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
> @@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ nfulnl_recv_config(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	struct net *net = sock_net(ctnl);
>  	struct nfnl_log_net *log = nfnl_log_pernet(net);
>  	int ret = 0;
> -	u16 flags;
> +	u16 flags = 0; /* GCC uninitialized */

        u16 uninitialized_var(flags); ?

>  	if (nfula[NFULA_CFG_CMD]) {
>  		u_int8_t pf = nfmsg->nfgen_family;
> -- 
> 2.6.2
> 
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