netdev - Re: [PATCH] rds: send: Fix dead code in rds

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Message-ID: <20180725152725.GD8870@oracle.com>
Date:   Wed, 25 Jul 2018 11:27:25 -0400
From:   Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     Ka-Cheong Poon <ka-cheong.poon@...cle.com>,
        Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, rds-devel@....oracle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rds: send: Fix dead code in rds_sendmsg

On (07/25/18 10:22), Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Currently, code at label *out* is unreachable. Fix this by updating
> variable *ret* with -EINVAL, so the jump to *out* can be properly
> executed instead of directly returning from function.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1472059 ("Structurally dead code")
> Fixes: 1e2b44e78eea ("rds: Enable RDS IPv6 support")
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@...eddedor.com>

Acked-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>