On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 2:49 PM, Jiri Pirko <j...@resnulli.us> wrote: > Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 02:17:28PM CET, a...@arndb.de wrote: >>gcc has identified a code path in which we pass uninitialized >>data into tc_dump_tfilter(): >> >>net/sched/cls_api.c: In function 'tc_dump_tfilter': >>net/sched/cls_api.c:1268:8: error: 'parent' may be used uninitialized in this >>function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] >> >>This initializes the variable to the value it had before the previous >>change. >> >>Fixes: 7960d1daf278 ("net: sched: use block index as a handle instead of >>qdisc when block is shared") >>Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de> >>---- >>I don't know if my patch is the best way to address the issue, but >>if not, then at least it helps show what the warning is about >>and lets someone else come up with a better solution. > > I already sent a fix for this: > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/862787/
Ok. I've looked at your patch for way too long now and still don't see how you've shown it to be correct. Shouldn't there be a at least a comment to explain why zero is an appropriate initialization value in that case? Arnd