linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rxrpc: initialize sched to false to ensure it is not a garbage value

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Date:   Mon, 05 Sep 2016 19:50:54 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rxrpc: initialize sched to false to ensure it is not a garbage value

Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> sched will be uninitialized (and contain a garbage value) in the case
> where call->state >= RXRPC_CALL_DEAD;  fix this by initializing sched
> to false to avoid an inadvertent call to rxrpc_queue_call.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

I already have a patch queued for this, thanks.

David