Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx5: DR, Fix uninitialized var warning

[Roi Dayan <roid@nvidia.com>]

On 08/11/2022 3:53, YueHaibing wrote:
> Smatch warns this:
> 
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_table.c:81
>  mlx5dr_table_set_miss_action() error: uninitialized symbol 'ret'.
> 
> Fix this by initializing ret with zero.
> 
> Fixes: 7838e1725394 ("net/mlx5: DR, Expose steering table functionality")
> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_table.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_table.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_table.c
> index 31d443dd8386..44dea75dabde 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_table.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_table.c
> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static int dr_table_set_miss_action_nic(struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn,
>  int mlx5dr_table_set_miss_action(struct mlx5dr_table *tbl,
>  				 struct mlx5dr_action *action)
>  {
> -	int ret;
> +	int ret = 0;
>  
>  	if (action && action->action_type != DR_ACTION_TYP_FT)
>  		return -EOPNOTSUPP;


In this case the default should be an error
It will be better if ret init to -EOPNOTSUPP and if
a miss action was not set and replaces ret then goto out.

 int mlx5dr_table_set_miss_action(struct mlx5dr_table *tbl,
                                 struct mlx5dr_action *action)
 {
-       int ret;
+       int ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
        if (action && action->action_type != DR_ACTION_TYP_FT)
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ int mlx5dr_table_set_miss_action(struct mlx5dr_table *tbl,
                        goto out;
        }
 
+       if (ret)
+               goto out;
+