netdev - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v2] i40e: fix vf may be used uninitialized in this function warning

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:57:34 +0100
From: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
To: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>
Cc: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>,
 Arkadiusz Kubalewski <arkadiusz.kubalewski@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v2] i40e: fix vf may be used
 uninitialized in this function warning

Dear Aleksandr,


Am 13.03.24 um 10:56 schrieb Aleksandr Loktionov:
> To fix the regression introduced by commit 52424f974bc5, which causes
> servers hang in very hard to reproduce conditions with resets races.
> Using two sources for the information is the root cause.
> In this function before the fix bumping v didn't mean bumping vf
> pointer. But the code used this variables interchangeably, so staled vf
> could point to different/not intended vf.
> 
> Remove redundant "v" variable and iterate via single VF pointer across
> whole function instead to guarantee VF pointer validity.
> 
> Fixes: 52424f974bc5 ("i40e: Fix VF hang when reset is triggered on another VF")
> Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Arkadiusz Kubalewski <arkadiusz.kubalewski@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
> ---
> v1 -> v2: commit message change

Thank you very much. No need to resend, but I find it also always useful 
to have the exact warning pasted in the commit message.

[…]

> ---
>   .../ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c    | 34 +++++++++----------
>   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>


Kind regards,

Paul