Re: [PATCH rdma-next 5/5] RDMA/cm: Fix access to uninitialized variable

[Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 11:25:33AM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
> 
> The ndev will be held only for successful ib_get_cached_gid()
> and hence no need to use dev_put() in failure path.

More than that - in case of an error from ib_get_cached_gid, gid_attr.ndev
is still not initialized.

> 
> Fixes: 16c72e402867 ("IB/cm: Refactor to avoid setting path record software only fields")
> Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c
> index 68df93558d80..e6749157fd86 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c
> @@ -1901,8 +1901,6 @@ static int cm_req_handler(struct cm_work *work)
>  				grh->sgid_index,
>  				&gid, &gid_attr);
>  	if (ret) {
> -		if (gid_attr.ndev)
> -			dev_put(gid_attr.ndev);
>  		ib_send_cm_rej(cm_id, IB_CM_REJ_UNSUPPORTED, NULL, 0, NULL, 0);
>  		goto rejected;
>  	}

Reviewed-by: Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

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