netdev - [PATCH] can: gs_usb: Zero-initialize flags

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Date:   Wed,  5 Jan 2022 16:29:50 -0800
From:   Brian Silverman <brian.silverman@...erivertech.com>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     Brian Silverman <bsilver16384@...il.com>,
        Brian Silverman <brian.silverman@...erivertech.com>,
        Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>,
        Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@...adoo.fr>,
        linux-can@...r.kernel.org (open list:CAN NETWORK DRIVERS),
        netdev@...r.kernel.org (open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS),
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH] can: gs_usb: Zero-initialize flags

No information is deliberately sent here in host->device communications,
but the open-source candleLight firmware echoes it back, which can
result in the GS_CAN_FLAG_OVERFLOW flag being set and generating
spurious ERRORFRAMEs.

Signed-off-by: Brian Silverman <brian.silverman@...erivertech.com>
---
 drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
index 1b400de00f51..cc4ad8d59bd7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t gs_can_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	hf->echo_id = idx;
 	hf->channel = dev->channel;
+	hf->flags = 0;
 
 	cf = (struct can_frame *)skb->data;
 

base-commit: d2f38a3c6507b2520101f9a3807ed98f1bdc545a
-- 
2.20.1