linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] nl80211.c: Fixed the wdev

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Message-Id: <201409010833.10647.shakilk1729@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 1 Sep 2014 08:33:10 -0400
From:	Shakil A Khan <shakilk1729@...il.com>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, linville@...driver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] nl80211.c: Fixed the wdev_id being used uninitialized.

On Monday 01 September 2014 08:07:38 Johannes Berg wrote:
> > +	u64 wdev_id = 0;
> 
> it's not used uninitialized, NACK.
> 
> johannes
> 

wdev_id can be used uninitialized if  have_wdev_id turns to be false, which may happen if the entry for NL80211_ATTR_WDEV is removed in future. Who knows.
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