netdev - [PATCH bpf-next 1/3] libbpf: fix uninitialized variable in btf_parse_type

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Message-ID: <20200929220604.833631-1-andriin@fb.com>
Date:   Tue, 29 Sep 2020 15:06:02 -0700
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
To:     <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <ast@...com>,
        <daniel@...earbox.net>
CC:     <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>, <kernel-team@...com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 1/3] libbpf: fix uninitialized variable in btf_parse_type_sec

Fix obvious unitialized variable use that wasn't reported by compiler. libbpf
Makefile changes to catch such errors are added separately.

Fixes: 3289959b97ca ("libbpf: Support BTF loading and raw data output in both endianness")
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/btf.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
index e1dbd766c698..398b1f345b3c 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static int btf_parse_type_sec(struct btf *btf)
 	struct btf_header *hdr = btf->hdr;
 	void *next_type = btf->types_data;
 	void *end_type = next_type + hdr->type_len;
-	int err, i, type_size;
+	int err, i = 0, type_size;
 
 	/* VOID (type_id == 0) is specially handled by btf__get_type_by_id(),
 	 * so ensure we can never properly use its offset from index by
-- 
2.24.1