linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] rps: flow_dissector: Fix uninitialized flow_keys used in __skb_get

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Date:   Tue, 30 Aug 2016 21:14:50 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     fgao@...ai8.com
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, philipp@...fish-solutions.com,
        tom@...bertland.com, aduyck@...antis.com, amir@...ai.me,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        gfree.wind@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] rps: flow_dissector: Fix uninitialized flow_keys
 used in __skb_get_hash possibly

On Wed, 2016-08-31 at 10:56 +0800, fgao@...ai8.com wrote:
> From: Gao Feng <fgao@...ai8.com>
> 
> The original codes depend on that the function parameters are evaluated from
> left to right. But the parameter's evaluation order is not defined in C
> standard actually.
> 
> When flow_keys_have_l4(&keys) is invoked before ___skb_get_hash(skb, &keys,
> hashrnd) with some compilers or environment, the keys passed to
> flow_keys_have_l4 is not initialized.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gao Feng <fgao@...ai8.com>
> ---

Good catch, please add 

Fixes: 6db61d79c1e1 ("flow_dissector: Ignore flow dissector return value from ___skb_get_hash")
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>