From: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
To: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@intel.com>,
Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@intel.com>,
Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>,
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
Kamenee Arumugam <kamenee.arumugam@intel.com>,
linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] IB/rdmavt: Fix variable shadowing issue in rvt_create_cq
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 16:16:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKwvOdkBshMOSezpbu_CV6CuK23W42Vgw=dNS1X6aga+KaL_cQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190709230552.61842-1-natechancellor@gmail.com>
On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 4:06 PM Nathan Chancellor
<natechancellor@gmail.com> wrote:
> The function scoped err variable is uninitialized when the flow jumps
> into the if statement. The if scoped err variable shadows the function
> scoped err variable, preventing the err assignments within the if
> statement to be reflected at the function level, which will cause
> uninitialized use when the goto statements are taken.
>
> Just remove the if scoped err declaration so that there is only one
> copy of the err variable for this function.
>
> Fixes: 239b0e52d8aa ("IB/hfi1: Move rvt_cq_wc struct into uapi directory")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/594
> Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
> ---
>
> v1 -> v2:
>
> * Updated the wording of the commit message to use proper terms like
> scoping and shadowing, thanks to review from Nick (let me know if the
> wording isn't up to snuff).
LGTM thanks for following up w/ v2.
--
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-09 23:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-09 22:13 [PATCH] IB/rdmavt: Remove err declaration in if statement in rvt_create_cq Nathan Chancellor
2019-07-09 22:38 ` Nick Desaulniers
2019-07-09 22:43 ` Nathan Chancellor
2019-07-09 23:05 ` [PATCH v2] IB/rdmavt: Fix variable shadowing issue " Nathan Chancellor
2019-07-09 23:16 ` Nick Desaulniers [this message]
2019-07-10 17:02 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2019-07-10 17:07 ` Nathan Chancellor
2019-07-10 17:03 ` Ira Weiny
2019-07-10 17:07 ` Nathan Chancellor
2019-07-10 17:17 ` Ira Weiny
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