netdev - Re: [PATCH net] bnxt_en: Fix "uninitialized variable" bug in TPA code path.

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Date:   Wed, 18 Jan 2017 17:02:10 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     michael.chan@...adcom.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew.gospodarek@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bnxt_en: Fix "uninitialized variable" bug in TPA
 code path.

From: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 22:07:19 -0500

> In the TPA GRO code path, initialize the tcp_opt_len variable to 0 so
> that it will be correct for packets without TCP timestamps.  The bug
> caused the SKB fields to be incorrectly set up for packets without
> TCP timestamps, leading to these packets being rejected by the stack.
> 
> Reported-by: Andy Gospodarek <andrew.gospodarek@...adocm.com>
> Acked-by: Andy Gospodarek <andrew.gospodarek@...adocm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>

Applied, thanks Andy.