* [PATCH v2] net: Fix uninit character pointer and return values
@ 2025-09-29 16:02 Sidharth Seela
2025-09-29 17:58 ` Willem de Bruijn
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Sidharth Seela @ 2025-09-29 16:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: antonio, sd, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, horms, shuah,
willemdebruijn.kernel, kernelxing, nathan, nick.desaulniers+lkml,
morbo, justinstitt
Cc: netdev, linux-kselftest, linux-kernel, llvm, david.hunter.linux,
Sidharth Seela
Fix uninitialized character pointer, 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;
| ^
|
--
so_txtime.c:210:3: warning: variable 'reason' is used uninitialized whenever switch default is taken [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
210 | default:
| ^~~~~~~
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;
| ^
|
--
Fixes: 959bc330a439 ("testing/selftests: add test tool and scripts for ovpn module")
ovpn module")
Fixes: ca8826095e4d4 ("selftests/net: report etf errors correctly")
Signed-off-by: Sidharth Seela <sidharthseela@gmail.com>
v2:
- Use subsystem name "net".
- Add fixes tags.
- Remove txtimestamp fix as default case calls error.
- Assign constant error string instead of NULL.
--
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..5bf3c483069b 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 = "unknown errno";
ret = recvmsg(fdt, &msg, MSG_ERRQUEUE);
if (ret == -1 && errno == EAGAIN)
--
2.47.3
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2025-09-29 16:02 [PATCH v2] net: Fix uninit character pointer and return values Sidharth Seela
@ 2025-09-29 17:58 ` Willem de Bruijn
2025-09-29 21:10 ` Sidharth Seela
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Willem de Bruijn @ 2025-09-29 17:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sidharth Seela, antonio, sd, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, horms, shuah,
willemdebruijn.kernel, kernelxing, nathan, nick.desaulniers+lkml,
morbo, justinstitt
Cc: netdev, linux-kselftest, linux-kernel, llvm, david.hunter.linux,
Sidharth Seela
Reminder: use the net prefix: [PATCH net v2]
Sidharth Seela wrote:
> Fix uninitialized character pointer, 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;
> | ^
> |
> --
> so_txtime.c:210:3: warning: variable 'reason' is used uninitialized whenever switch default is taken [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> 210 | default:
> | ^~~~~~~
> 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;
> | ^
> |
My previous response accidentally left a state comment. The main
feedback still held:
This default case calls error() and exits the program, so this cannot
happen.
> --
> Fixes: 959bc330a439 ("testing/selftests: add test tool and scripts for ovpn module")
> ovpn module")
> Fixes: ca8826095e4d4 ("selftests/net: report etf errors correctly")
>
> Signed-off-by: Sidharth Seela <sidharthseela@gmail.com>
>
> v2:
> - Use subsystem name "net".
> - Add fixes tags.
> - Remove txtimestamp fix as default case calls error.
> - Assign constant error string instead of NULL.
> --
End the commit with the Signed-off-by block. Either move changelog
above that, or below three (not two) dashes.
> 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..5bf3c483069b 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 = "unknown errno";
>
> ret = recvmsg(fdt, &msg, MSG_ERRQUEUE);
> if (ret == -1 && errno == EAGAIN)
> --
> 2.47.3
>
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH v2] net: Fix uninit character pointer and return values
2025-09-29 17:58 ` Willem de Bruijn
@ 2025-09-29 21:10 ` Sidharth Seela
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Sidharth Seela @ 2025-09-29 21:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Willem de Bruijn
Cc: antonio, sd, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, horms, shuah, kernelxing,
nathan, nick.desaulniers+lkml, morbo, justinstitt, netdev,
linux-kselftest, linux-kernel, llvm, david.hunter.linux
On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM Willem de Bruijn
<willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Reminder: use the net prefix: [PATCH net v2]
Oh I thought you meant me to change the subsytem in the subject.
Changing.
> My previous response accidentally left a state comment. The main
> feedback still held:
> This default case calls error() and exits the program, so this cannot
> happen.
Alright, I thought error() is like perror(). After checking man pages, the
status being non-zero leads to exit(). So yes, it makes sense now, the
switch case, either loads up a value in the 'reason' or exits().
> End the commit with the Signed-off-by block. Either move changelog
> above that, or below three (not two) dashes.
Alright, Thank you for taking the time to reply. Sending w/ changes.
--
Thanks,
Sidharth Seela
www.realtimedesign.org
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