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

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Message-Id: <20180116.152453.1072329036192883739.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 16 Jan 2018 15:24:53 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     colin.king@...onical.com
Cc:     michael.chan@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        andrew.gospodarek@...adcom.com, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnxt_en: don't update cpr->rx_bytes with uninitialized
 length len

From: Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 10:22:50 +0000

> 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>

Applied, thanks.