netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: sctp: Move sequence start handling into sctp_transport_get

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:05:32 -0200
From:	Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>,
	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: sctp: Move sequence start handling into
 sctp_transport_get_idx()

On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 02:44:31PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> net/sctp/proc.c: In function ‘sctp_transport_get_idx’:
> net/sctp/proc.c:313: warning: ‘obj’ may be used uninitialized in this function
> 
> This is currently a false positive, as all callers check for a zero
> offset first, and handle this case in the exact same way.
> 
> Move the check and handling into sctp_transport_get_idx() to kill the
> compiler warning, and avoid future bugs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> ---
> Compile-tested only.

Acked-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>