Re: [PATCH net v3] selftest:net: Fix uninit return values

[Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 02:42:42AM +0530, Sidharth Seela wrote:
> Fix functions that return undefined values. These issues were caught by
> running clang using LLVM=1 option; and are as follows:
> --

Hi,

I don't want to block progress.
But there are some format problems with the commit message.

Locally, git truncates the commit message at the line above ('--').
Which, omits a lot of useful information.
Most critically your Signed-off-by line.

There is also another '--' below. Just above the fixes tag.
Which would cause a similar problem.

And the v2/v3 information should go below the scissors ('---'),
below your signed-off by line.

Maybe the maintainers can fix this when applying,
given how close we are to the pull for v6.18-rc1.
And that I believe there has already been some
discussion of this patch with the maintainers.

> 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;
>       |                   ^
>       |
> --
> Fixes: 959bc330a439 ("testing/selftests: add test tool and scripts for ovpn module")
> ovpn module")
> 
> v3:
> 	- Use prefix net.
> 	- Remove so_txtime fix as default case calls error().
> 	- Changelog before sign-off.
> 	- Three dashes after sign-off
> 
> v2:
> 	- Use subsystem name "net".
> 	- Add fixes tags.
> 	- Remove txtimestamp fix as default case calls error.
> 	- Assign constant error string instead of NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sidharth Seela <sidharthseela@gmail.com>
> ---
> 

This is where the v2/v3 information should go.

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