linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] strparser: Propagate correct error code in strp

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Message-Id: <20161012.015232.757833208470209652.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 12 Oct 2016 01:52:32 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     geert@...ux-m68k.org
Cc:     tom@...bertland.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] strparser: Propagate correct error code in strp_recv()

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Date: Thu,  6 Oct 2016 15:41:49 +0200

> With m68k-linux-gnu-gcc-4.1:
> 
>     net/strparser/strparser.c: In function ‘strp_recv’:
>     net/strparser/strparser.c:98: warning: ‘err’ may be used uninitialized in this function
> 
> Pass "len" (which is an error code when negative) instead of the
> uninitialized "err" variable to fix this.
> 
> Fixes: 43a0c6751a322847 ("strparser: Stream parser for messages")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.