linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] octeontx2-af: fix uninitialized variable

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Date:   Mon, 20 Sep 2021 16:08:17 -0700
From:   Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     sgoutham@...vell.com, lcherian@...vell.com, gakula@...vell.com,
        jerinj@...vell.com, hkelam@...vell.com, sbhatta@...vell.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, nathan@...nel.org,
        schalla@...vell.com, vvelumuri@...vell.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] octeontx2-af: fix uninitialized variable


On 9/20/21 3:22 PM, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 9:54 AM <trix@...hat.com> wrote:
>> From: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
>>
>> Building with clang 13 reports this error
>> rvu_nix.c:4600:7: error: variable 'val' is used uninitialized whenever
>>    'if' condition is false
>>                  if (!is_rvu_otx2(rvu))
>>                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> So initialize val.
>>
>> Fixes: 4b5a3ab17c6c ("octeontx2-af: Hardware configuration for inline IPsec")
>> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
> Thanks for the patch, but it looks like Colin beat you to the punch.
> In linux-next, I see:
> commit d853f1d3c900 ("octeontx2-af: Fix uninitialized variable val")

No worries, those allyesconfig breaks are easy to find :)

Tom

>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c
>> index ea3e03fa55d45c..70431db866b328 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c
>> @@ -4592,7 +4592,7 @@ static void nix_inline_ipsec_cfg(struct rvu *rvu, struct nix_inline_ipsec_cfg *r
>>                                   int blkaddr)
>>   {
>>          u8 cpt_idx, cpt_blkaddr;
>> -       u64 val;
>> +       u64 val = 0;
>>
>>          cpt_idx = (blkaddr == BLKADDR_NIX0) ? 0 : 1;
>>          if (req->enable) {
>> --
>> 2.26.3
>>
>