linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] bpf: btf: remove a couple conditions

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Date:   Fri, 27 Apr 2018 23:31:36 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Cc:     Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] bpf: btf: remove a couple conditions

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:21:17PM +0200, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> On 04/27/2018 09:39 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:55:46AM -0700, Martin KaFai Lau wrote:
> >> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:20:25AM -0700, Martin KaFai Lau wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 05:04:59PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> >>>> We know "err" is zero so we can remove these and pull the code in one
> >>>> indent level.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> >>> Thanks for the simplification!
> >>>
> >>> Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
> >> btw, it should be for bpf-next.  Please tag the subject with bpf-next when
> >> you respin. Thanks!
> 
> Dan, thanks a lot for your fixes! Please respin with addressing Martin's
> feedback when you get a chance.
> 

My understanding is that he'd prefer we just ignore the static checker
warning since it's a false positive.  Should I instead initialize the
size to zero or something just to silence it?

regards,
dan carpenter