Hello Jesse Brandeburg, The patch 895106a577c4: "i40e: trivial fixes" from Nov 26, 2013, leads to the following static checker warning:
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_hmc.c:107 i40e_add_sd_table_entry() error: potentially using uninitialized 'ret_code'. (This warning is from a pre-release version of Smatch). drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_hmc.c 67 sd_entry = &hmc_info->sd_table.sd_entry[sd_index]; 68 if (!sd_entry->valid) { ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If valid is true then "ret_code" is used uninitialized. 69 if (I40E_SD_TYPE_PAGED == type) { 70 mem_type = i40e_mem_pd; 71 alloc_len = I40E_HMC_PAGED_BP_SIZE; 72 } else { 73 mem_type = i40e_mem_bp_jumbo; 74 alloc_len = direct_mode_sz; 75 } 76 77 /* allocate a 4K pd page or 2M backing page */ 78 ret_code = i40e_allocate_dma_mem(hw, &mem, mem_type, alloc_len, 79 I40E_HMC_PD_BP_BUF_ALIGNMENT); 80 if (ret_code) 81 goto exit; 82 dma_mem_alloc_done = true; 83 if (I40E_SD_TYPE_PAGED == type) { 84 ret_code = i40e_allocate_virt_mem(hw, 85 &sd_entry->u.pd_table.pd_entry_virt_mem, 86 sizeof(struct i40e_hmc_pd_entry) * 512); 87 if (ret_code) 88 goto exit; 89 sd_entry->u.pd_table.pd_entry = 90 (struct i40e_hmc_pd_entry *) 91 sd_entry->u.pd_table.pd_entry_virt_mem.va; 92 sd_entry->u.pd_table.pd_page_addr = mem; 93 } else { 94 sd_entry->u.bp.addr = mem; 95 sd_entry->u.bp.sd_pd_index = sd_index; 96 } 97 /* initialize the sd entry */ 98 hmc_info->sd_table.sd_entry[sd_index].entry_type = type; 99 100 /* increment the ref count */ 101 I40E_INC_SD_REFCNT(&hmc_info->sd_table); 102 } 103 /* Increment backing page reference count */ 104 if (I40E_SD_TYPE_DIRECT == sd_entry->entry_type) 105 I40E_INC_BP_REFCNT(&sd_entry->u.bp); 106 exit: 107 if (ret_code) ^^^^^^^^ Here. 108 if (dma_mem_alloc_done) 109 i40e_free_dma_mem(hw, &mem); regards, dan carpenter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired