> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
> Loktionov, Aleksandr
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 1:35 PM
> To: Paul Menzel <[email protected]>
> Cc: Nguyen, Anthony L <[email protected]>; Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
> <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Kitszel,
> Przemyslaw <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v2] i40e: fix vf may be used
> uninitialized in this function warning
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Menzel <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 11:58 AM
> > To: Loktionov, Aleksandr <[email protected]>
> > Cc: [email protected]; Nguyen, Anthony L
> > <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Kitszel,
> > Przemyslaw <[email protected]>; Kubalewski, Arkadiusz
> > <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v2] i40e: fix vf may be
> > used uninitialized in this function warning
> >
> > Dear Aleksandr,
> >
> >
> > Am 13.03.24 um 10:56 schrieb Aleksandr Loktionov:
> > > To fix the regression introduced by commit 52424f974bc5, which
> > causes
> > > servers hang in very hard to reproduce conditions with resets
> > races.
> > > Using two sources for the information is the root cause.
> > > In this function before the fix bumping v didn't mean bumping vf
> > > pointer. But the code used this variables interchangeably, so
> > staled
> > > vf could point to different/not intended vf.
> > >
> > > Remove redundant "v" variable and iterate via single VF pointer
> > across
> > > whole function instead to guarantee VF pointer validity.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 52424f974bc5 ("i40e: Fix VF hang when reset is triggered
> > on
> > > another VF")
> > > Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Loktionov
> > <[email protected]>
> > > Reviewed-by: Arkadiusz Kubalewski
> > <[email protected]>
> > > Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > > v1 -> v2: commit message change
> >
> > Thank you very much. No need to resend, but I find it also always
> > useful to have the exact warning pasted in the commit message.
> >
> The warning is exactly "vf may be used uninitialized in this function"  it's
> already in the title. What you suggest me to do?
> Thank you
> 
> > […]
> >
> > > ---
> > >   .../ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c    | 34 +++++++++---
> > -------
> > >   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <[email protected]>
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Paul

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