netdev - Re: [PATCH nf-next] ipvs: fix uninitialized variable warning

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.21.2003301006560.5190@ja.home.ssi.bg>
Date:   Mon, 30 Mar 2020 10:11:21 +0300 (EEST)
From:   Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
To:     Haishuang Yan <yanhaishuang@...s.chinamobile.com>
cc:     Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf-next] ipvs: fix uninitialized variable warning


	Hello,

On Mon, 30 Mar 2020, Haishuang Yan wrote:

> If outer_proto is not set, GCC warning as following:
> 
> In file included from net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c:52:
> net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c: In function 'ip_vs_in_icmp':
> include/net/ip_vs.h:233:4: warning: 'outer_proto' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>  233 |    printk(KERN_DEBUG pr_fmt(msg), ##__VA_ARGS__); \
>      |    ^~~~~~
> net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c:1666:8: note: 'outer_proto' was declared here
> 1666 |  char *outer_proto;
>      |        ^~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Fixes: 73348fed35d0 ("ipvs: optimize tunnel dumps for icmp errors")
> Signed-off-by: Haishuang Yan <yanhaishuang@...s.chinamobile.com>

Acked-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>

	Hm, my compiler does not report it: gcc version 9.1.1

> ---
>  net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
> index d2ac530..aa6a603 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
> @@ -1663,7 +1663,7 @@ static int ipvs_gre_decap(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	unsigned int offset, offset2, ihl, verdict;
>  	bool tunnel, new_cp = false;
>  	union nf_inet_addr *raddr;
> -	char *outer_proto;
> +	char *outer_proto = "IPIP";
>  
>  	*related = 1;
>  
> @@ -1723,7 +1723,6 @@ static int ipvs_gre_decap(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  		if (cih == NULL)
>  			return NF_ACCEPT; /* The packet looks wrong, ignore */
>  		tunnel = true;
> -		outer_proto = "IPIP";
>  	} else if ((cih->protocol == IPPROTO_UDP ||	/* Can be UDP encap */
>  		    cih->protocol == IPPROTO_GRE) &&	/* Can be GRE encap */
>  		   /* Error for our tunnel must arrive at LOCAL_IN */
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1

Regards

--
Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>