netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: microchip: sparx5: Fix uninitialized variable in vcap_path

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Date:   Fri, 20 Jan 2023 18:10:34 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:     Steen Hegelund <steen.hegelund@...rochip.com>
Cc:     Daniel Machon <daniel.machon@...rochip.com>,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Lars Povlsen <lars.povlsen@...rochip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: microchip: sparx5: Fix uninitialized
 variable in vcap_path_exist()

On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 03:25:36PM +0100, Steen Hegelund wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> 
> Thanks for the fix.
> 
> I have not seen any CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL=y in any of my .configs, though, so I
> will be updating my test suite to catch this.

No, what I'm saying is that for a lot of people all stack variables are
initialized to zero by default so sometimes people are like, "I've
tested this a thousand times.  How has it even been working?"

In your case I guess it was working because the eport was never not
found.

regards,
dan carpenter