linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i40e: Fix use of uninitialized variable

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Date:   Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:11:32 +0000
From:   "Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
To:     "alex.dewar90@...il.com" <alex.dewar90@...il.com>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Topel, Bjorn" <bjorn.topel@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i40e: Fix use of uninitialized variable

On Wed, 2020-09-16 at 21:49 +0100, Alex Dewar wrote:
> In i40e_clean_rx_irq_zc(), the variable failure is only set when a
> condition is met, but then its value is used unconditionally. Fix
> this.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: 1496986 ("Uninitialized value")
> Fixes: 8cbf74149903 ("i40e, xsk: move buffer allocation out of the Rx
> processing loop")
> Signed-off-by: Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>

Thanks for the patch Alex, however, Dan Carpenter has already submitted
a patch for the same reported issue: 
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/intel-wired-lan/patch/20200916143228.GA764370@mwanda/

Thanks,
Tony