netdev - Re: [PATCH] bnxt_en: don't update cpr->rx_bytes with uninitialized length len

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Date:   Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:06:01 -0800
From:   Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Gospodarek <andrew.gospodarek@...adcom.com>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnxt_en: don't update cpr->rx_bytes with uninitialized
 length len

On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 2:22 AM, Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> Currently in the cases where cmp_type == CMP_TYPE_RX_L2_TPA_START_CMP or
> CMP_TYPE_RX_L2_TPA_END_CMP the exit path updates cpr->rx_bytes with an
> uninitialized length len.  Fix this by adding a new exit path that does
> not update the cpr stats with the bogus length len and remove the unused
> label next_rx_no_prod.
>
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1463807 ("Uninitialized scalar variable")
> Fixes: 6a8788f25625 ("bnxt_en: add support for software dynamic interrupt moderation")
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Thanks.

Acked-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>