> The patch ee8eaea30b13: "qed: Add support for memory registeration verbs" > from Oct 1, 2016, leads to the following static checker > warning: > > drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_roce.c:2354 > qed_rdma_register_tid() > error: uninitialized symbol 'fw_return_code'. > > drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_roce.c > 2343 /* DIF */ > 2344 if (params->dif_enabled) { > 2345 SET_FIELD(p_ramrod->flags2, > 2346 > RDMA_REGISTER_TID_RAMROD_DATA_DIF_ON_HOST_FLG, 1); > 2347 DMA_REGPAIR_LE(p_ramrod->dif_error_addr, > 2348 params->dif_error_addr); > 2349 DMA_REGPAIR_LE(p_ramrod->dif_runt_addr, params- > >dif_runt_addr); > 2350 } > 2351 > 2352 rc = qed_spq_post(p_hwfn, p_ent, &fw_return_code); > 2353 > 2354 if (fw_return_code != RDMA_RETURN_OK) { > > This basically works even when rc is a negative error code and fw_return_code is > uninitialized but hella nasty. > > 2355 DP_NOTICE(p_hwfn, "fw_return_code = %d\n", > fw_return_code); > 2356 return -EINVAL; > 2357 } > 2358 > 2359 DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn, QED_MSG_RDMA, "Register TID, rc = %d\n", > rc); > 2360 return rc; > 2361 } > > regards, > dan carpenter Hi Dan, While there's no bug in there the code is hard to understand and I will submit a change in the near future. Thanks, Ram -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html