linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] enetc: Fix uninitialized struct dim

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Message-Id: <163205040896.14261.9966381063593908675.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:20:08 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] enetc: Fix uninitialized struct dim_sample field usage

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master):

On Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:22:06 +0300 you wrote:
> The only struct dim_sample member that does not get
> initialized by dim_update_sample() is comp_ctr. (There
> is special API to initialize comp_ctr:
> dim_update_sample_with_comps(), and it is currently used
> only for RDMA.) comp_ctr is used to compute curr_stats->cmps
> and curr_stats->cpe_ratio (see dim_calc_stats()) which in
> turn are consumed by the rdma_dim_*() API.  Therefore,
> functionally, the net_dim*() API consumers are not affected.
> Nevertheless, fix the computation of statistics based
> on an uninitialized variable, even if the mentioned statistics
> are not used at the moment.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] enetc: Fix uninitialized struct dim_sample field usage
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/9f7afa05c952

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