netdev - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 10/47] NET: IPV4: fix error "do not initialise globals to 0"

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Date:   Mon, 08 Nov 2021 17:49:04 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     wangzhitong <wangzhitong@...ontech.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, paul@...l-moore.com,
        yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, dsahern@...nel.org, kuba@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 10/47] NET: IPV4: fix error "do not
 initialise globals to 0"

On Mon, 2021-11-08 at 12:49 -0500, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: wangzhitong <wangzhitong@...ontech.com>
> 
> [ Upstream commit db9c8e2b1e246fc2dc20828932949437793146cc ]
> 
> this patch fixes below Errors reported by checkpatch
>     ERROR: do not initialise globals to 0
>     +int cipso_v4_rbm_optfmt = 0;
> 
> Signed-off-by: wangzhitong <wangzhitong@...ontech.com>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
> ---
>  net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
> index e8b8dd1cb1576..75908722de47a 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
> @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct cipso_v4_map_cache_entry {
>  static struct cipso_v4_map_cache_bkt *cipso_v4_cache;
>  
>  /* Restricted bitmap (tag #1) flags */
> -int cipso_v4_rbm_optfmt = 0;
> +int cipso_v4_rbm_optfmt;

I think this is a silly thing to backport unless it's required
for some other patch.

>  int cipso_v4_rbm_strictvalid = 1;
>  
>  /*