netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3] selftests: net: reuseport_addr

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Date:   Thu, 20 Dec 2018 19:28:44 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     posk@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, posk.devel@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] selftests: net: reuseport_addr_any:
 silence clang warning

From: Peter Oskolkov <posk@...gle.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:41:52 -0800

> Clang does not recognize that calls to error() terminate execution
> and complains about uninitialized variable use that happens after calls
> to error(). This noop patchset fixes this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Oskolkov <posk@...gle.com>

I wonder why it's not marked with attribute noreturn.

In any event, it isn't, so your patch is of course needed.

Applied, thanks.