netdev - Re: [PATCH] rxrpc: fix uninitialized variable use

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Message-ID: <9370.1466503553@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:05:53 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rxrpc: fix uninitialized variable use

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

> > I'm actually more tempted to put a BUG() in there because if any new family
> > support (say AF_INET6) is added, I want to make sure I catch all the places.
> 
> Makes sense. Do you want to do the patch yourself, or should I send
> a new one doing that?
> 
> Maybe WARN() would be better than BUG()? That would still get the attention
> it needs but not kill the process.

I can stick a WARN() into your patch.

David