netdev - Re: [PATCH linux-next] ipv6/esp6: Remove structure variables and alignment statements

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Date:   Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:37:02 +0100
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     <cgel.zte@...il.com>
CC:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        "David Ahern" <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        luo penghao <luo.penghao@....com.cn>,
        Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-next] ipv6/esp6: Remove structure variables and
 alignment statements

On Thu, Nov 04, 2021 at 03:19:31AM +0000, cgel.zte@...il.com wrote:
> From: luo penghao <luo.penghao@....com.cn>
> 
> The definition of this variable is just to find the length of the
> structure after aligning the structure. The PTR alignment function
> is to optimize the size of the structure. In fact, it doesn't seem
> to be of much use, because both members of the structure are of
> type u32.
> So I think that the definition of the variable and the
> corresponding alignment can be deleted, the value of extralen can
> be directly passed in the size of the structure.
> 
> The clang_analyzer complains as follows:
> 
> net/ipv6/esp6.c:117:27 warning:
> 
> Value stored to 'extra' during its initialization is never read
> 
> Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
> Signed-off-by: luo penghao <luo.penghao@....com.cn>

Applied to ipsec-next, thanks!