[PATCH] rds: send: Fix dead code in rds_sendmsg

[PATCH] rds: send: Fix dead code in rds_sendmsg

[Gustavo A. R. Silva]

Currently, code at label *out* is unreachable. Fix this by updating
variable *ret* with -EINVAL, so the jump to *out* can be properly
executed instead of directly returning from function.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1472059 ("Structurally dead code")
Fixes: 1e2b44e78eea ("rds: Enable RDS IPv6 support")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
---
 net/rds/send.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/rds/send.c b/net/rds/send.c
index 9604e1f..18e2b4d 100644
--- a/net/rds/send.c
+++ b/net/rds/send.c
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ int rds_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t payload_len)
 				if (addr4 == htonl(INADDR_ANY) ||
 				    addr4 == htonl(INADDR_BROADCAST) ||
 				    IN_MULTICAST(ntohl(addr4))) {
-					return -EINVAL;
+					ret = -EINVAL;
 					goto out;
 				}
 			}
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH] rds: send: Fix dead code in rds_sendmsg

[Sowmini Varadhan]

On (07/25/18 10:22), Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Currently, code at label *out* is unreachable. Fix this by updating
> variable *ret* with -EINVAL, so the jump to *out* can be properly
> executed instead of directly returning from function.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1472059 ("Structurally dead code")
> Fixes: 1e2b44e78eea ("rds: Enable RDS IPv6 support")
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com>

Acked-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com>

Re: [PATCH] rds: send: Fix dead code in rds_sendmsg

[Santosh Shilimkar]

On 7/25/2018 8:22 AM, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Currently, code at label *out* is unreachable. Fix this by updating
> variable *ret* with -EINVAL, so the jump to *out* can be properly
> executed instead of directly returning from function.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1472059 ("Structurally dead code")
> Fixes: 1e2b44e78eea ("rds: Enable RDS IPv6 support")
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
> ---
Looks fine.
Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@oracle.com>

Re: [PATCH] rds: send: Fix dead code in rds_sendmsg

[David Miller]

From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 10:22:27 -0500

> Currently, code at label *out* is unreachable. Fix this by updating
> variable *ret* with -EINVAL, so the jump to *out* can be properly
> executed instead of directly returning from function.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1472059 ("Structurally dead code")
> Fixes: 1e2b44e78eea ("rds: Enable RDS IPv6 support")
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com>

Applied.