linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [v2] selinux: avoid uninitialized variable warning

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Date:   Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:24:20 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Cc:     Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>, selinux@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v2] selinux: avoid uninitialized variable warning

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 3:15 PM Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 8:40 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> > clang correctly points out a code path that would lead

> > -#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
> > -       } else {
> > +               rc = netlbl_conn_setattr(ep->base.sk, (void*)&addr4, &secattr);
> > +       } else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)) {
>
> I thought we had talked about using an else-if statement like the one
> below, is there any reason why you changed it to just the IS_ENABLED()
> check?  I liked the idea of explicitly checking the IP header version
> number before treating the packet as an IPv6 packet.
>
>   else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6) && ip_hdr(skb)->version == 6)

Ah of course, sorry for missing that important part when I revisited
the patch. I've sent a v3 now.

      Arnd