netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tcp: init tcp

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Date:   Mon, 08 May 2017 07:49:23 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tcp: init tcp_options before using it.

On Mon, 2017-05-08 at 17:57 +0800, Hangbin Liu wrote:
> I searched 4308fc58dced ("tcp: Document use of undefined variable") in
> archive list, but did not find the thread. So I'm not sure why we only
> add a description about un-initialized value.
> 
> Even we don't use tmp_opt.sack_ok, I think it would be more safe to
> initialize the value before using it. Just as other caller did.

Patch is not needed at all.

Comment and code are pretty clear.

This part of the code uses a generic function ( tcp_parse_options()) to
decode TCP options, but we are only caring about TS one.