linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][net-next] rxrpc: fix uninitialized return value in variable err

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Date:   Sun, 11 Aug 2019 21:22:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     colin.king@...onical.com
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][net-next] rxrpc: fix uninitialized return value in
 variable err

From: Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Date: Fri,  9 Aug 2019 18:02:59 +0100

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> An earlier commit removed the setting of err to -ENOMEM so currently
> the skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags > 16 check returns with an uninitialized
> bogus return code.  Fix this by setting err to -ENOMEM to restore
> the original behaviour.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Uninitialized scalar variable")
> Fixes: b214b2d8f277 ("rxrpc: Don't use skb_cow_data() in rxkad")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

David, I assume you will pick this up.