Re: [PATCH net-next] net: tipc: avoid possible garbage value

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On 2024/9/14 18:05, Dan Carpenter wrote:

On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 10:42:44AM +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 07:01:20PM +0800, Su Hui wrote:
Clang static checker (scan-build) warning:
net/tipc/bcast.c:305:4:
The expression is an uninitialized value. The computed value will also
be garbage [core.uninitialized.Assign]
   305 |                         (*cong_link_cnt)++;
       |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

tipc_rcast_xmit() will increase cong_link_cnt's value, but cong_link_cnt
is uninitialized. Although it won't really cause a problem, it's better
to fix it.

Fixes: dca4a17d24ee ("tipc: fix potential hanging after b/rcast changing")
Signed-off-by: Su Hui <suhui@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Su Hui,

This looks like a bug fix. If so it should be targeted at net rather than
net-next. If not, the Fixes tag should be dropped, and the commit can be
referenced in the patch description with some other text around:


It's one of those borderline things.  As the commit message says it doesn't
really cause a problem because cong_link_cnt is never used.  I guess if you had
UBSan turned on it would generate a runtime warning.  Still it also doesn't seem
intentional so I would probably count it as a bugfix and target net like you
suggest.
Got it. I will send a v2 patch to net and  keeping reverse xmas tree order.
Thanks for the suggestions:).

Su Hui





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