netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5e: Fix uninitialized variable

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Date:   Wed, 1 Aug 2018 12:19:46 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     tariqt@...lanox.com, saeedm@...lanox.com, leon@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5e: Fix uninitialized variable



On 08/01/2018 11:38 AM, David Miller wrote:
> From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:21:57 -0500
> 
>> There is a potential execution path in which variable *err* is returned
>> without being properly initialized previously.
>>
>> Fix this by initializing variable *err* to 0.
>>
>> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1472116 ("Uninitialized scalar variable")
>> Fixes: 0ec13877ce95 ("net/mlx5e: Gather all XDP pre-requisite checks in a single function")
>> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
> 
> Applied to net-next.
> 

David,

Sorry I failed to tag this patch for net-next. I got a bit confused, once based on the logs,
the usual committer for this driver is Saeed Mahameed; not you. So, I wasn't quite sure about
how to proceed.

Thanks
--
Gustavo