[PATCH net]
and a Fixes tag
Sidharth Seela wrote:
> Fix uninitialized character pointers, and functions that return
> undefined values. These issues were caught by running clang using LLVM=1
> option; and are as follows:
> --
> ovpn-cli.c:1587:6: warning: variable 'ret' is used uninitialized whenever
> 'if' condition is true [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> 1587 | if (!sock) {
> | ^~~~~
> ovpn-cli.c:1635:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here
> 1635 | return ret;
> | ^~~
> ovpn-cli.c:1587:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false
> 1587 | if (!sock) {
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> 1588 | fprintf(stderr, "cannot allocate netlink socket\n");
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 1589 | goto err_free;
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 1590 | }
> | ~
> ovpn-cli.c:1584:15: note: initialize the variable 'ret' to silence this
> warning
> 1584 | int mcid, ret;
> | ^
> | = 0
> ovpn-cli.c:2107:7: warning: variable 'ret' is used uninitialized whenever
> switch case is taken [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> 2107 | case CMD_INVALID:
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~
> ovpn-cli.c:2111:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here
> 2111 | return ret;
> | ^~~
> ovpn-cli.c:1939:12: note: initialize the variable 'ret' to silence this
> warning
> 1939 | int n, ret;
> | ^
These two look legitimate.
> |
> --
> txtimestamp.c:240:2: warning: variable 'tsname' is used uninitialized
> whenever switch default is taken [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> 240 | default:
Does not need a fix. The default statement calls error() which exits the
program.
> | ^~~~~~~
> txtimestamp.c:244:20: note: uninitialized use occurs here
> 244 | __print_timestamp(tsname, &tss->ts[0], tskey, payload_len);
> | ^~~~~~
> txtimestamp.c:220:20: note: initialize the variable 'tsname' to silence this
> warning
> 220 | const char *tsname;
> | ^
> | = NULL
> --
> so_txtime.c:210:3: warning: variable 'reason' is used uninitialized whenever
> switch default is taken [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> 210 | default:
> | ^~~~~~~
Same.
> so_txtime.c:219:27: note: uninitialized use occurs here
> 219 | data[ret - 1], tstamp, reason);
> | ^~~~~~
> so_txtime.c:177:21: note: initialize the variable 'reason' to silence this
> warning
> 177 | const char *reason;
> | ^
> |
> --
>
> Signed-off-by: Sidharth Seela <[email protected]>
Agreed on all the occurrences and the ovpn fixes.
> ---
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/ovpn-cli.c
> b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/ovpn-cli.c
> index 9201f2905f2c..20d00378f34a 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/ovpn-cli.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/ovpn-cli.c
> @@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ static int ovpn_listen_mcast(void)
> {
> struct nl_sock *sock;
> struct nl_cb *cb;
> - int mcid, ret;
> + int mcid, ret = -1;
>
> sock = nl_socket_alloc();
> if (!sock) {
> @@ -1936,7 +1936,7 @@ static int ovpn_run_cmd(struct ovpn_ctx *ovpn)
> {
> char peer_id[10], vpnip[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN], laddr[128], lport[10];
> char raddr[128], rport[10];
> - int n, ret;
> + int n, ret = -1;
> FILE *fp;
>
> switch (ovpn->cmd) {
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/so_txtime.c
> b/tools/testing/selftests/net/so_txtime.c
> index 8457b7ccbc09..b76df1efc2ef 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/so_txtime.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/so_txtime.c
> @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static int do_recv_errqueue_timeout(int fdt)
> msg.msg_controllen = sizeof(control);
>
> while (1) {
> - const char *reason;
> + const char *reason = NULL;
Since reason is a string that's printed, better to initialize it to a
string. Preferably in the case statement, e.g., "unknown errno".
>
> ret = recvmsg(fdt, &msg, MSG_ERRQUEUE);
> if (ret == -1 && errno == EAGAIN)
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/txtimestamp.c
> b/tools/testing/selftests/net/txtimestamp.c
> index dae91eb97d69..bcc14688661d 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/txtimestamp.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/txtimestamp.c
> @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static void print_timestamp_usr(void)
> static void print_timestamp(struct scm_timestamping *tss, int tstype,
> int tskey, int payload_len)
> {
> - const char *tsname;
> + const char *tsname = NULL;
>
> validate_key(tskey, tstype);
>
> --
> 2.47.3
>
