Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] tcp: Honor the eor bit in tcp_mtu_probe

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: Ilya Lesokhin <ilyal@mellanox.com>
Date: Mon,  5 Feb 2018 20:18:32 +0200

> Avoid SKB coalescing if eor bit is set in one of the relevant
> SKBs.
> 
> Fixes: c134ecb87817 ("tcp: Make use of MSG_EOR in tcp_sendmsg")
> Signed-off-by: Ilya Lesokhin <ilyal@mellanox.com>

This adds a build warning, please fix:

  CC      net/ipv4/tcp_output.o
In file included from ./include/linux/tcp.h:21:0,
                 from ./include/net/tcp.h:24,
                 from net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:39:
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c: In function ‘tcp_write_xmit’:
./include/linux/skbuff.h:3196:12: warning: ‘skb’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
   for (tmp = skb->next;      \
            ^
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:2043:18: note: ‘skb’ was declared here
  struct sk_buff *skb, *nskb, *next;
                  ^~~

This is with:

[davem@dhcp-10-15-49-227 net]$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 7.3.1 20180130 (Red Hat 7.3.1-2)
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[davem@dhcp-10-15-49-227 net]$