netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/mlx4_en: Fix uninitialized use of 'port_up' in mlx4_en_set

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Message-Id: <20140518.211457.1577062584301411622.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 18 May 2014 21:14:57 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	cengelma@....at
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, amirv@...lanox.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx4_en: Fix uninitialized use of 'port_up' in
 mlx4_en_set_channels()

From: Christian Engelmayer <cengelma@....at>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 23:52:03 +0200

> Function mlx4_en_set_channels() stops running ports before performing the
> requested action. In that case local variable 'port_up' is set so that the
> port is restarted at the end of the function, however, in case the port was
> not stopped, variable 'port_up' is left uninitialized and the behaviour is
> undetermined. Detected by Coverity - CID 751497.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Engelmayer <cengelma@....at>

Applied, thanks.
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