netdev - Re: WARNING: kmemcheck: Caught 32-bit read from uninitialized memory (bf438284)

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Message-Id: <20090915.023939.194852114.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:39:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mingo@...e.hu
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, penberg@...helsinki.fi,
	vegard.nossum@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: WARNING: kmemcheck: Caught 32-bit read from uninitialized
 memory (bf438284)

From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:34:40 +0200

> 
> * Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>> Either we add kmemcheck annotations, or we switch sock->type from short
>> to int to avoid the hole, and possibly to speedup things...
>> 
>> [PATCH] net: kmemcheck annotation in struct socket
>> 
>> struct socket has a 16 bit hole that triggers kmemcheck warnings.
>> 
>> As suggested by Ingo, use kmemcheck annotations
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
>> ---
>>  include/linux/net.h |    5 +++++
>>  net/socket.c        |    1 +
>>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

Applied, thanks everyone.
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