Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 6 Nov 2015 20:07:05 +0100 | From | Florian Westphal <> | Subject | Re: [netfilter-core] [PATCH] net: netfilter: fix GCC uninitialized warning |
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Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 09:48:14PM +0300, Dmitry Safonov wrote: > > With x86_64_defconfig: > > GCC thinks that in nfulnl_recv_config flags parameter is not inited but > > it was under the same condition (nfula[NFULA_CFG_FLAGS] == true). > > Suppress this warning: > > net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c: In function ‘nfulnl_recv_config’: > > net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c:320:14: warning: ‘flags’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] > > inst->flags = flags; > > ^ > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@gmail.com> > > --- > > net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c > > index 06eb48fceb42e4..d65f3b987b7f13 100644 > > --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c > > +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c > > @@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ nfulnl_recv_config(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb, > > struct net *net = sock_net(ctnl); > > struct nfnl_log_net *log = nfnl_log_pernet(net); > > int ret = 0; > > - u16 flags; > > + u16 flags = 0; /* GCC uninitialized */ > > u16 uninitialized_var(flags); ?
I also see warnings in nfqueue:
net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:1083:11: warning: 'nfnl_ct' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:519:19: warning: 'nfnl_ct' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
Both are false positives, but it would be nice if we could silence these.
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